創世記 第 3 章

Now the serpent was the most sagacious of all the wild animals upon the earth which the Lord God had made. And the serpent said to the woman, "Why is it that God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree that is in the orchard'?"

And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the tree of the orchard,

but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the orchard, God said, 'You shall not eat of it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

And the serpent said to the woman, "You shall not die by death;

for God knew that on whatever day you eat of it, your eyes would be opened, and you would be like gods, knowing good and evil."

And the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was pleasing to the eyes to look at, and it was beautiful to contemplate; and taking of its fruit she ate, and she also gave to her husband with her, and they ate.

And the eyes of the two were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves and made for themselves coverings.

And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking about in the orchard in the evening, and both Adam and his wife hid from the face of the Lord God in the midst of the tree of the orchard.

And the Lord God called Adam and said to him, "Adam, where are you?"

And he said to him, "I heard the sound of you walking about in the orchard, and I was afraid, because I am naked, and I hid myself."

And he said to him, "Who told you that you are naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which alone I commanded you not to eat?"

And Adam said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me from the tree, and I ate."

And the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" And the woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

And the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you from all the cattle and from all the wild animals of the earth; upon your breast and belly you shall go, and earth you shall eat all the days of your life.

And I will put enmity between you and between the woman and between your offspring and between her offspring; he will watch your head, and you will watch his heel."

And to the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pains and your groaning; in pains you shall bear children. And your recourse will be to your husband, and he will rule over you."

And to Adam he said, "Because you listened to the voice of your wife and ate from the tree of which alone I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the earth in your labors; in pains you shall eat of it all the days of your life.

Thorns and thistles it shall bring up for you, and you shall eat the herbage of the field.

By the sweat of your face you shall eat your bread until you return to the earth from which you were taken; for earth you are and to earth you shall depart."

And Adam called the name of his wife Life, because she is the mother of all the living.

And the Lord God made leather tunics for Adam and for his wife and clothed them.

And God said, "Look, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he stretch out his hand and take of the tree of life and eat and live forever—"

And the Lord God sent him out of the orchard of delight to till the earth from which he was taken.

And he cast Adam out and settled him opposite the orchard of delight, and he stationed the cheroubim and the flaming sword that turns, to guard the way to the tree of life.