Genesis 3:1-24

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1.	Now the serpent was most crafty among all the living things of the open country which Yahweh Elohim had made, and he said to the woman, “Now, since Elohim said, ‘Never eat from any tree in the garden’...”	w^ehannâchâsh hâyâh ‘ârûm mikkôl chayyath hassâdeh ’^asher ‘âsâh YHVH ’^elôhîym wayyô’mer ’el-hâ’ishshâh ’aph kîy-’âmar ’^elôhîym lô’ thô’kh^elû mikkôl ‘êts haggân
2.	but the woman replied to the serpent, “From the fruits of the trees of the garden we do eat,	wattô’mer hâ’ishshâh ’el-hannâchâsh mipp^erîy ‘êts-haggân nô’khêl
3.	but of the fruits of the tree which is in the middle of the garden Elohim said, ‘Never eat from them and never reach into it, lest you die’”	ûmipp^erîy hâ‘êts ’^asher b^ethôwkh-haggân ’âmar ’^elôhîym lô’ thô’kh^elû mimmennû w^elô’ thigg^e‘û bôw pen-t^emuthûn
4.	Then the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not certainly die,	wayyô’mer hannâchâsh ’el-hâ’ishshâh lô’-môwth t^emuthûn
5.	for Elohim knows that in the day you both eat of it, then your eyes will be opened and you will both be like Elohim, knowers of good and evil’.”	kîy yôdêa‘ ’^elôhîym kîy b^eyôwm ’^akhâl^ekhem mimmennû w^enipq^echû ‘êynêykhem wih^eyîythem kê’lôhîym yôd^e‘êy tôwb wârâ‘
6.	Then the woman saw how good the tree was for food, and how attractive to the eyes and desirable the tree was for giving insight, and she took some of its fruit and she ate and gave some to the man who was with her. And he ate.	wattêre’ hâ’ishshâh kîy tôwb hâ‘êts l^ema’^akhâl w^ekhîy tha’^avâh-hû’ lâ‘êynayim w^enech^emâd hâ‘êts l^ehas^ekîyl wattiqqach mippir^eyôw wattô’khal wattittên gam-l^e’îyshâh ‘immâh wayyô’khal
7.	So the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew themselves to be nakedly exposed, so they sewed together leaves of fig trees and made for themselves loin-cloths.	wattippâqach^enâh ‘ênêy sh^enêyhem wayyêd^e‘û kîy ‘êyrummim hêm wayyithp^erû ‘^alêh th^e’ênâh wayya‘^asû lâhem ch^agôrôth
8.	Then they heard the voice of Yahweh Elohim going to and fro in the garden in the breath of the day, and they hid themselves, the man and his woman, away from the face of Yahweh Elohim in amongst the trees of the garden,	wayyishm^e‘û ’eth-qôwl YHVH ’^elôhîym mithhallêkh baggân l^erûach hayyôwm wayyithchabbê’ hâ’âdâm w^e’ish^etôw mipp^enêy YHVH ’^elôhîym b^ethôwkh ‘êts haggân
9.	but Yahweh Elohim called out to the man and said to him, “Where are you?”,	wayyiq^erâ’ YHVH ’^elôhîym ’el-hâ’âdâm wayyô’mer lôw ’ayyekkâh
10.	and he replied, “Your voice I heard in the garden, and I was afraid because a naked man am I, so I hid myself.”	vayyô’mer ’eth-qôl^ekhâ shâma‘^etîy baggân wâ’îyrâ’ kîy-‘êyrôm ’ânôkhîy wâ’êchâbê’
11.	Then he said, “Who made you aware that you were naked? From the tree - concerning which I commanded you not to eat from it - have you eaten?”,	vayyô’mer mîy higgîyd l^ekhâ kîy ‘êyrôm ’âttâh h^amin hâ‘êts ’^asher tsiwwîythîykhâ l^ebil^etîy ’^akhâl-mimmennû ’âkhâl^etâ
12.	and the man replied, “The woman who you gave to be with me: it was her who gave to me from the tree, and I ate.”	vayyô’mer hâ’dâm hâ’ishshâh ’^asher nâthattâh ‘immâdîy hiw’ nâth^enâh-lîy min-hâ‘êts wâ’ôkhêl
13.	Next Yahweh Elohim said to the woman, “What is this thing you have done?”, and the woman said, “The serpent led me astray, and I ate”	vayyô’mer YHVH ’^elôhîym lâ’ishshâh mah-zzô’th ‘âsîyth wattô’mer hâ’ishshâh hannâchâsh hishshîy’anîy wâ’ôkhêl
14.	Then Yahweh Elohim said to the serpent “Because you did this, cursed are you among all domesticated animals and among all creatures of the open country. Upon your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life.	wayyômer YHVH ’^elôhîym ’el-hannâchâsh kîy ‘âsîythâ zô’th ’ârûr ’attâh mikol-habb^ehêmâh ûmikôl chayyath hassâdeh ‘al-g^echôn^ekhâ têlêkh w^e‘âphâr tôkal kol-y^emêy hayyeykhâ
15.	Also I will ordain enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: it is he that will bruise your head but you will bruise his heel.”	w^e’êbâh ’âshîyth bêyn^ekhâ ûbêyn hâ’ishshâh ûbêyn zar^e‘^akhâ ûbêyn zar^e‘âh hû’ y^eshûph^ekhâ rô’sh w^e’attâh t^eshûphennû ‘âqêb
16.	To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your pain in pregnancy - with hard labour you will bear children - and towards your man will be your thirst, but it is he who will rule over you.”	Ç ’el-hâ’ishshâh ’âmar har^ebbâh ’ar^ebbeh ‘itsts^ebôwnêkh w^ehêrônêkh b^e‘etsebh têl^edîy bânîym w^e’el-’îyshêkh t^eshûqâthêkh w^ehû’ yim^eshal-bâkh
17.	Next, to Adam he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your woman and you ate from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘you must never eat from it’, cursed is the ground by your curse. With hard labour you will eat from it all the days of your life:	Ç ûl^e’âdâm ’âmar kîy shâma‘^ethâ l^eqôwl ’ish^ethekhâ wattô’kal min-hâ‘êts ’^asher tsiwwîythîykhâ lê’môr lô’ tô’kal mimmennû ’^arûrâh hâ’^adâmâh ba‘^abûrekhâ b^e‘itstsâbôwn tô’k^elennâh kol y^emêy hayyeykhâ
18.	both thorns and thistles will sprout from it for you, but you will eat the vegetation of the field.	w^eqôwts w^edar^edar tatsmîyah lâkh w^e’âkal^etâ ’eth-‘êseb hassâdeh
19.	By the sweat of your face you will eat bread until your return into the ground - since from this you were taken - because dust you are, and to dust you will return.”	b^ezê‘ah ’apeykhâ tô’kal lechem ‘ad shûb^ekhâ ’el-hâ’^adâmâh kîy mimmennâh luqqâch^etâ kîy-‘âphâr ’attâh w^e’el-‘âphâr tâshûb
20.	Then the man proclaimed that the name of his woman was Chawwah, since it was she who would become the mother of all the living,	wayyiqrâ’ hâ’âdâm shêm ’ishtôw chawwâh kîy hiw’ hây^ethâh ’êm kol-chay
21.	and Yahweh Elohim made for Adam and for his woman tunics of leather, so he clothed them.	wayya‘as YHVH ’^elôhîym l^e’âdâm ûl^e’ishtôw kâth^enôth ‘ôwr wayyal^ebishêm
22.	Then Yahweh Elohim said, “See, the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil. And now, lest he reach out his hand and take also from the tree of Living and eat, and so live indefinitely...”	P wayyô’mer YHVH ’^elôhîym hên hâ’âdâm hâyâh k^e’achad mimmennû lâda‘ath tôwb wârâ‘ w^e‘attâh pen-yish^elach yâdôw w^elâqach gam mê‘êts hachayyîym w^e’âkal wâchay l^e‘ôlâm
23.	So Yahweh Elohim put him out of the garden of Eden to serve the ground out of which he had been taken.	wayy^eshall^echêhû YHVH ’^elôhîym miggan-‘êden la‘^abôd ’eth-hâ’^adâmâh ’^asher luqqach mishshâm
24.	Thus he cast out the man, and he stationed before the garden of Eden the Kerubim with a fiery sword that turned in every direction, keeping watch over the way to the tree of Living.	way^egâresh ’eth-hâ’âdâm wayyash^ekên miqqedem l^egan-‘êden ’eth-hakk^erubîym w^e’êth lahat hachereb hammithhapheketh lish^emôr ’eth-derek ‘êts hachayyîym

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