Common English Bible

Genesis 3:1-5 Common English Bible (CEB)

1. The snake was the most intelligent of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say that you shouldn’t eat from any tree in the garden?"

2. The woman said to the snake, "We may eat the fruit of the garden’s trees

3. but not the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘Don’t eat from it, and don’t touch it, or you will die.’"

4. The snake said to the woman, "You won’t die!

5. God knows that on the day you eat from it, you will see clearly and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."