1 Ora a serpente era mais astuta que qualquer animal do campo que Deus Jeová tinha feito. Ela disse à mulher: É assim que Deus disse: Não comereis de toda a árvore do jardim?
2 Respondeu a mulher à serpente: Do fruto das árvores do jardim podemos comer;
3 mas do fruto da árvore que está no meio do jardim, disse Deus: Não comereis dele, nem nele tocareis, para que não morrais.
4 Então a serpente disse à mulher: Certamente não morrereis;
5 porque Deus sabe que no dia em que comerdes do fruto, abrir-se-vos-ão os olhos, e sereis como Deus, conhecendo o bem e o mal.
6 Viu, pois, a mulher que a árvore era boa para comer, que era uma delícia para os olhos, e árvore desejável para dar entendimento; tomou do fruto dela e comeu; deu também a seu marido, e ele comeu.
7 Foram abertos os olhos de ambos e, conhecendo que estavam nus, coseram folhas de figueira, e fizeram para si umas cintas.
8 Ouviram o ruído de Deus Jeová que passeava pelo jardim ao fresco do dia, e esconderam-se o homem e sua mulher da presença de Deus Jeová entre as árvores do jardim.
9 Deus Jeová chamou ao homem, e perguntou-lhe: Onde estás?
10 Respondeu-lhe o homem: Ouvi a tua voz no jardim, e tive medo, porque estava nu; e escondi-me.
11 Perguntou-lhe Deus: Quem te mostrou que estavas nu? Comeste da árvore de que te ordenei que não comesses?
12 Respondeu o homem: A mulher que me deste por companheira deu-me da árvore, e eu comi.
13 Perguntou Deus Jeová à mulher: Que é isto que fizeste? Respondeu a mulher: A serpente enganou-me, e eu comi.
14 Então disse Deus Jeová à serpente: Porquanto assim o fizeste, maldita és tu dentre todos os animais domésticos e dentre todos os animais do campo; sobre o teu ventre andarás de rastos, o pó comerás todos dos dias da tua vida.
15 Porei inimizade entre ti e a mulher, e entre a tua semente e a sua semente; esta te ferirá a cabeça, e tu lhe ferirás o calcanhar.
16 Disse ele à mulher: Multiplicarei grandemente o teu sofrer e a tua conceição; em dor darás à luz filhos; o teu desejo será para teu marido, e ele te dominará.
17 E a Adão disse: Porque escutaste a voz de tua mulher, e comeste da árvore de que te ordenei que não comesses; maldita é a terra por tua causa: em fadiga tirarás dela o sustento todos os dias da tua vida.
18 Ela te produzirá também espinhos e abrolhos, e comerás as ervas do campo.
19 No suor do teu rosto comerás o teu pão, até que te tornes à terra, pois dela foste tomado: porquanto tu és pó, e em pó te hás de tornar.
20 Chamou o homem à sua mulher Eva, porque era a mãe de todos os viventes.
21 Fez Deus Jeová para Adão e para sua mulher túnicas de peles, e os vestiu.
22 Disse Deus Jeová: Eis que o homem se tem tornado como um de nós, conhecendo o bem e o mal. Agora para que ele não estenda a mão, e tome também da árvore da vida, e coma, e viva eternamente,
23 Deus Jeová o enviou para fora do jardim do Éden, a fim de cultivar a terra de que havia sido tomado.
24 Assim expulsou ao homem; e ao oriente do jardim do Éden pôs os querubins e o chamejar de uma espada que se volvia por todos os lados, para guardar o caminho da árvore da vida.
1 Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?
2 And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
3 But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
4 And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:
5 For God sees that on the day when you take of its fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.
6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
7 And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
8 And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.
9 And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?
10 And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
11 And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?
12 And the man said, The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me the fruit of the tree and I took it.
13 And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
14 And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
15 And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
16 To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
17 And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
18 Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;
19 With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.
20 And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.
21 And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.
22 And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
23 So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.
24 So he sent the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden he put winged ones and a flaming sword turning every way to keep the way to the tree of life.