Genesis chapter 3, starting in verse 1.

Now the snake was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made.

And he said to the woman, did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?

The woman said to the snake, we may eat from the trees in the garden, but God did say you must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not

touch it, or you will die. You will certainly not die, the snake said to the woman, for God knows

that when you eat it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the

eye and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her

husband who was with her and he ate it. The eyes of both of them were opened and they realized

that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings

for themselves then the man and his wife heard the sound of the lord god as he was walking in the

garden in the cool of the day and they hid from the lord god among the trees of the garden but the lord god

called to the man where are you he, I heard you in the garden and I was afraid

because I was naked, so I hid. And he said, who told you you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree

from which I commanded you not to eat? And the man said, the woman you put here with me,

she gave me some fruit from the tree and I ate it. Then the Lord God said to the woman,

what is this that you have done? The woman said, the snake deceived me and I ate. So the Lord God

said to the snake, because 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. And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between your offspring and hers.

He will crush your head and you will strike his heel.

To the woman, he said, I will make your pains in childbearing very severe. With painful

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