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== Bereishis (Book of Genesis), Chapter 3 ==

<named id="1"/>1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which HaShem G-d had made. And he said unto the woman: 'Yea, hath G-d said: Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'

<named id="2"/>2 And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;

<named id="3"/>3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, G-d hath said: Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.'

<named id="4"/>4 And the serpent said unto the woman: 'Ye shall not surely die;

<named id="5"/>5 for G-d doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as G-d, knowing good and evil.'

<named id="6"/>6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

<named id="7"/>7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles.

<named id="8"/>8 And they heard the voice of HaShem G-d walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of HaShem G-d amongst the trees of the garden.

<named id="9"/>9 And HaShem G-d called unto the man, and said unto him: 'Where art thou?'

<named id="10"/>10 And he said: 'I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.'

<named id="11"/>11 And He said: 'Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?'

<named id="12"/>12 And the man said: 'The woman whom Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.'

<named id="13"/>13 And HaShem G-d said unto the woman: 'What is this thou hast done?' And the woman said: 'The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.'

<named id="14"/>14 And HaShem G-d said unto the serpent: 'Because thou hast done this, cursed art thou from among all cattle, and from among all beasts of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

<named id="15"/>15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.'

<named id="16"/>16 Unto the woman He said: 'I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy travail; in pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.'

<named id="17"/>17 And unto Adam He said: 'Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying: Thou shalt not eat of it; cursed is the ground for thy sake; in toil shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.

<named id="18"/>18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field.

<named id="19"/>19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.'

<named id="20"/>20 And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

<named id="21"/>21 And HaShem G-d made for Adam and for his wife garments of skins, and clothed them.

<named id="22"/>22 And HaShem G-d said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.'

<named id="23"/>23 Therefore HaShem G-d sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

<named id="24"/>24 So He drove out the man; and He placed at the east of the garden of Eden the cherubim, and the flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way to the tree of life.

== See also ==
* [[Bereishis 2|Previous Chapter]]
* [[Bereishis 3 Commentaries]]
* [[Bereishis 4|Next Chapter]]

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