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 crafty than any living thing of the field which Yahweh God had made, so he said unto the woman, Can it really be that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
2 And the woman said unto 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 hath said Ye shall not eat of it neither shall ye touch it,lest ye die.
4 And the serpent said unto the woman,Ye shall not die,
5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat thereof, then shall your eyes be opened,and ye shall become like God, knowing good and evil.
6 And, when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was desirable to the eyes and the tree was pleasant to make one knowing, then took she of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and she gave to her husband also, along with her, and he did eat.
7 Then were opened the eyes of them both, and they knew that, naked, they were,so they tacked together fig-leaves, and made for themselves girdles,
8 Then heard they the sound of Yahweh God, walking to and fro in the garden at the breeze of the day,so he hid himselfthe man with his wife, from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden.
9 And Yahweh God called unto the man,and said to him, Where art thou?
10 And he said, The sound of thee, heard I in the garden, and I was afraid, for, naked, was I, so I hid myself.
11 And he said, Who told thee that, naked, thou wast? Of the tree whereof I commanded thee not to eat, hast thou eaten?
12 And the man said,The woman whom thou didst put with me, she, gave me of the tree, so I did eat.
13 Then said Yahweh God to the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, the serpent, deceived me, so I did eat.
14 Then said Yahweh God unto the serpentBecause thou hast done this, Accursed, art thou above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,on thy belly, shall thou go, and dust, shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
15 And enmity, will I put between thee, and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed,He shall crush thy head, but, thou, shalt crush his heel.
16 Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of pregnancy, In pain, shalt thou year children,Yet, unto thy husband, shall be thy hinging, Though, he, rule over thee.
17 And, to the man, he said, Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree as to which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it, Accursed be the ground for thy sake, In pain, shalt thou eat of it, all the days of thy life;
18 Thorn also and thistle, shall it shoot forth to thee,when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:
19 In the sweat of thy face, shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because therefrom, wast thou taken,For, dust, thou art, And, unto dust, shalt thou return.
20 So the man called the name of his wife, Eve,in that, she, was made mother of every one living.
21 And Yahweh God made for the manand for his wifetunics of skin and clothed them.
22 Then said Yahweh GodLo! man, hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil,Now, therefore, lest he thrust forth his hand, and take even of the tree of life, and eat, and live to times age-abiding,
23 So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden,to till the ground wherefrom he had been taken.
24 So he expelled the man,and caused to dwellin front of the garden of Edencherubim and a brandishing swordflame, to keep the way to the tree of life.