Genesis 3 6
12 The man said , “ The woman you put here with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree , and I ate it .”
13 Then the Lord God said to the woman , “ What is this you have done ?”
The woman said , “ The ser pent deceived me , and I ate .”
14 So the Lord God said to the ser pent , “ Be cause you have done this ,
“ Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals ! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life .
15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman , and between your offspring a and hers ; he will crush b your head , and you will strike his heel .”
16 To the woman he said ,
“ I will make your pains in childbearing very severe ; with painful labor you will give birth to children .
Your desire will be for your husband , and he will rule over you .”
17 To Adam he said , “ Be cause you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I com manded you , ‘ You must not eat from it ,’
“ Cursed is the ground because of you ; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life .
18 It will produce thorns and thistles for you , and you will eat the plants of the field .
19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground , since from it you were taken ; for dust you are and to dust you will return .”
20 Adam c named his wife Eve , d because she would be come the mother of all the liv ing .
21 The Lord God made gar ments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them . 22 And the Lord God said , “ The man has now be come like one of us , know ing good and evil . He must not be al lowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat , and live for ever .” 23 So the Lord God ban ished him from the Gar den of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken . 24 Af ter he drove the man out , he placed on the east side e of the Gar den of Eden cher u bim and a flam ing sword flash ing back and forth to guard the way to the tree of life .
Cain and Abel
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Adam c made love to his wife Eve , and she be came preg nant and gave birth to Cain . f She said , “ With the help of the Lord I have brought forth g a man .” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel .
Now Abel kept flocks , and Cain worked the soil . 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an of fer ing to the Lord . 4 And Abel also brought an of fer ing — fat por tions from some of the first born of his flock . The Lord looked with fa vor on Abel and his of fer ing , 5 but on Cain and his of fer ing he did not look with fa vor . So Cain was very an gry , and his face was down cast .
6 Then the Lord said to Cain , “ Why are you an gry ? Why is your face down cast ? 7 If you do what is right , will you not be ac cepted ? But if you do not do what is right , sin is crouch ing at your door ; it de sires to have you , but you must rule over it .”
8 Now Cain said to his brother Abel , “ Let ’ s go out to the field .” h While they were in the field , Cain at tacked his brother Abel and killed him .
9 Then the Lord said to Cain , “ Where is your brother Abel ?”
“ I don ’ t know ,” he re plied . “ Am I my broth er ’ s keeper ?”
10 The Lord said , “ What have you done ? Lis ten ! Your broth er ’ s blood cries
a b c
15 Or seed 15 Or strike 20 , 1 Or The d
man 20 Eve probably means living . e f
24 Or placed in front 1 Cain sounds like the g
Hebrew for brought forth or acquired . 1 Or h
have acquired 8 Samaritan Pentateuch , Septuagint , Vulgate and Syriac ; Masoretic Text does not have “ Let ’ s go out to the field .”