The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which God had
made. And he said unto the woman: Has God truly said: Ye shall not eat
of any tree in the garden? The woman answered: Of all the other trees we
may freely eat; but of the tree of knowledge God hath said: Ye shall not
eat of it, lest ye die. The serpent answered: Ye shall not die; for God
doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and
ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil. When the woman saw that the
tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and
desirable to make one wise, she took of the fruit and ate, and she gave
also to her husband, and he ate. Then their eyes were opened, and they
knew that they were naked. In the evening they heard the voice of God,
and hid themselves among the trees of the garden. Then God called unto
Adam and said: Where art thou? And Adam said: I heard Thy voice, and I
was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. Then God said: Who
told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree of
knowledge? Adam answered: The woman gave me of the fruit, and I ate.
Then God said to the woman: What is this thou hast done? She answered:
The serpent beguiled me, and I ate. And God said unto the serpent:
Cursed art thou above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt
thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life. I will put
enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed: he
shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.--Unto the woman
God said: In pain thou shalt bring forth children; and thy husband shall
rule over thee.--Unto the man God said: Cursed is the ground for thy
sake; in the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread, till thou
return unto the ground; for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou
return. So God drove Adam and Eve out of the garden of Eden, and He
placed Cherubim with a flaming sword to keep the way to the tree of
life.--Thus sin came into the world, and through sin came sorrow and
sickness and death. (Gen. 3.)