The Temptation and the Fall
1 Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’? " 3:1 Mt 10:16; 2Co 11:3; Rv 12:9; 20:2
4 "No! You will certainly not die," the serpent said to the woman. 3:4 Jn 8:445 "In fact, God knows that when 3:5 Lit on the day you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 The woman saw that the tree was good for food and delightful to look at, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom. So she took some of its fruit and ate it; she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it. 3:6 1Tm 2:14; Jms 1:14–15; 1Jn 2:16