1 A serpente era a mais ardilosa de todas as criaturas que o Senhor Deus tinha feito. Então aproximou-se e disse à mulher: É verdade que Deus disse que não deviam comer de nenhuma das árvores do jardim?
2 Não. Nós podemos comer a fruta de todas as árvores do jardim. Só da árvore que está no meio é que não devemos comer. Dessa é que Deus disse que não devíamos comer e nem sequer tocar-lhe, senão morreríamos.
4 Não morrem nada!, retorquiu-lhe a serpente. Deus sabe muito bem que no mesmo instante em que comerem esse fruto os vossos olhos se hão-de abrir, e serão capazes de distinguir o bem do mal!
6 A mulher convenceu-se. Reparando na beleza daquela fruta, fresca e apetecível, que ainda por cima lhe daria entendimento, chegou-se e começou a comê-la. Depois ofereceu ao marido que também comeu. Enquanto comiam, começaram a dar-se conta de que estavam nús, e não se sentiam à vontade. Foram então arrancar folhas de figueira que coseram para se cobrirem à volta da cintura.
8 Ao cair a tarde daquele dia ouviram o Senhor Deus a passar através do jardim. Então esconderam-se por entre o arvoredo. O Senhor Deus chamou por Adão: Onde estás?
10 Ouvi-te a passar pelo jardim, respondeu Adão, e não quis que me visses nu. Então escondi-me.
11 Mas quem te mostrou que estavas nu? Comeste do fruto daquela árvore sobre a qual te avisei?
12 Sim, admitiu Adão. Mas foi a mulher que me deste por companheira que me trouxe um pedaço para provar, e eu comi.
13 O Senhor Deus perguntou à mulher: Porque é que fizeste isso? Foi a serpente que me enganou.
20 Portanto Eva foi o nome que Adão chamou à sua mulher, porque, disse ele, se tornará a mãe de toda a humanidade.
21 O Senhor Deus vestiu Adão e Eva com peles de animais.
22 E disse então o Senhor:
23 Agora que o homem adquiriu a mesma capacidade que nós, de conhecer o bem e o mal, é preciso que não venha a tomar também o fruto da árvore da vida e viva eternamente. Por isso o baniu do jardim do Éden, e o mandou cultivar a terra, a própria terra donde tinha sido tirado. E depois de o ter tirado dali, pôs querubins a oriente do jardim, os quais com uma espada chamejante guardavam o caminho de acesso à árvore da vida.
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Yahweh God had made. And he said to the woman, has God really said, You{+} will not eat of any tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said to the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You{+} will not eat of it, neither will you{+} touch it, or else you{+} will die.
4 And the serpent said to the woman, You{+} will not surely die:
5 for God knows that in the day you{+} eat of it, then your{+} eyes will be opened, and you{+} will be as God, knowing good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.
7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
8 And they heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.
9 And Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, Where are you?
10 And he said, I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you that you should not eat?
12 And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
13 And Yahweh God said to the woman, What is this you have done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.
14 And Yahweh God said to the serpent, Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; on your belly you will go, and dust you will eat all the days of your life:
15 and I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed: he will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.
16 To the woman he said, I will greatly multiply your pain and your conception; in pain you will bring forth sons; and your desire will be to your husband, and he will rule over you.
17 And to Adam he said, Because you have listened to the voice of your wife, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, You will not eat of it: cursed is the ground for your sake; in toil you will eat of it all the days of your life;
18 thorns also and thistles it will bring forth to you; and you will eat the herb of the field;
19 in the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground; for out of it were you taken: for dust you are, and to dust you will return.
20 And the man called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
21 And Yahweh God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins, and clothed them.
22 And Yahweh God said, Look, the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, so that he doesn't put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever--
23 therefore Yahweh God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 So he drove out the man; and he caused the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to stay at the east of the garden of Eden to keep the way of the tree of life.