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Genesis 3 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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The Fall of Man

(Rom 5:12–21 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:2 - And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:3 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:4 - And the snake said, Death will not certainly come to you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:5 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:7 - And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:8 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:9 - And the voice of the Lord God came to the man, saying, Where are you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:10 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:11 - 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?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:12 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:13 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:14 - 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:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:15 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:16 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:17 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:18 - Thorns and waste plants will come up, and the plants of the field will be your food;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:19 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:20 - And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:21 - And the Lord God made for Adam and for his wife coats of skins for their clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:23 - So the Lord God sent him out of the garden of Eden to be a worker on the earth from which he was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:24 - 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.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
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