5. “God understands what will happen on the day you eat fruit from that tree. You will see what you have done, and you will know the difference between right and wrong, just as God does.”
6. The woman stared at the fruit. It looked beautiful and tasty. She wanted the wisdom that it would give her, and she ate some of the fruit. Her husband was there with her, so she gave some to him, and he ate it too.
7. Straight away they saw what they had done, and they realized they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves together to make something to cover themselves.
8. Late in the afternoon a breeze began to blow, and the man and woman heard the Lord God walking in the garden. They were frightened and hid behind some trees.
9. The Lord called out to the man and asked, “Where are you?”
10. The man answered, “I was naked, and when I heard you walking through the garden, I was frightened and hid!”
11. “How did you know you were naked?” God asked. “Did you eat any fruit from that tree in the middle of the garden?”
12. “It was the woman you put here with me,” the man said. “She gave me some of the fruit, and I ate it.”
13. The Lord God then asked the woman, “What have you done?”“The snake tricked me,” she answered. “And I ate some of that fruit.”
14. So the Lord God said to the snake:“Because of what you have done,you will be the only animalto suffer this curse—for as long as you live,you will crawl on your stomachand eat dust.
15. You and this womanwill hate each other;your descendants and herswill always be enemies.One of hers will strike youon the head,and you will strike himon the heel.”
16. Then the Lord said to the woman,“You will suffer terriblywhen you give birth.But you will still desireyour husband,and he will rule over you.”