from any tree in the garden? “ We may eat the fruit of the tree in the garden, but of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden
God said: You must
not eat, and you must not touch it or you will die.
“You will not die, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil. The woman saw that the fruit was good to eat, and pleasant to the eyes and ideal for gaining knowledge. She took the fruit and ate it…
and gave some to her husband who was with
Their eyes were opened and both of them knew they were naked.
So they sewed leaves of a fig tree
together and made themselves loin clothes Yahweh God called the man saying to him…
“Where are you?”
I heard your voice in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid...
Who told you that you
were naked?
Have you eaten of the tree I
ordered you not to eat? The woman you put with me gave me fruit from the tree and I ate it. “What have you done?”
“The serpent deceived me and I ate.”
Since you have done that be cursed among all the cattle and wild beast! I will make you enemies, you and the woman, your offspring and hers offspring. Her will crush you head and you will strike his heal I will increase your suffering in childbearing You will be dependent on your husband and he will lord it over you.
I curse the soil
because of you! In suffering you will provide food for yourself from it, all the days of you life. Yahweh God made garments of skin for the man and his wife, and with these he clothed them. Let him not stretch out his hand to take and eat from the tree of Life as well, and live forever. God posted a cherubim and flaming sword that kept turning at the east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of Life