A reading from the book of Genesis.

The Lord God formed man out of the clay of the ground and blew into his nostrils the breath of life,

and so man became a living being.

Then the Lord planted a garden in Eden in the east and placed there the man who he had formed.

Out of the ground the Lord made various trees grow that were delightful to look at and good for

food, with the tree of life in the middle of the garden and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Now the serpent was the most cunning of all animals that the Lord God had made.

The serpent asked the woman, did God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in the garden?

The woman answered the serpent,

we may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden.

It is only about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden

that God said, you shall not eat it or even touch it, lest you die.

But the certain said to the woman, you certainly will not die.

No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like

gods who know what is good and what is evil.

The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eye and desirable for gaining

wisdom.

So she took some of its fruit and ate it.

And she also gave some to her husband who was with her and he ate it.

Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they realized that they were naked.

So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

The word of the Lord.

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