Genesis 3

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1. Genesis 3:1KJV Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?NET Now the serpent was more shrewd than any of the wild animals that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Is it really true that God said, ‘You must not eat from any tree of the orchard’?”
2. Genesis 3:4KJV And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:NIV “You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.
3. Genesis 3:5KJV For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.NIV “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
4. Genesis 3:8KJV And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.NASB Now they heard the sound of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God among the trees of the garden.
5. Genesis 3:15KJV And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.NIV And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”
6. Genesis 3:16KJV Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.NET To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase your labor pains; with pain you will give birth to children. You will want to control your husband but he will dominate you.”