Gema369 KJV Bible: Genesis 3

1 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?

*Now, the snake was smarter than any other animal in the field that God created. He asked the woman, "Did God really say you can't eat from any tree in the garden?"

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

*The woman told the snake, "We can eat the fruit from the trees in the garden."

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.

*But the tree's fruit in the garden's center, God says not to eat or touch it, or else you might die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

*And the snake told the lady, "You won't definitely die."

5 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.

*God knows that when you eat it, your eyes will open and you'll understand both good and bad things like a god.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

*When the woman saw the tree had good food, looked nice, and could make people smart, she ate its fruit and shared it with her husband, who also ate it.

7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

*Their eyes opened, realizing they were naked, so they created coverings from fig leaves to protect themselves.

8 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.

*People heard God's voice in the garden during the evening, and Adam and his wife hid behind trees.

9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

*And God asked Adam, "Where are you?"

10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

*He said, "I heard your voice in the garden and got scared since I was not dressed. So, I hid."

11 And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

*He asked, Who said you were naked? Did you eat from the tree I told you not to eat from?

12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

*The man said, "The woman you gave me has fruit from a tree, and I ate it."

13 And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

*And God asked the woman, "What have you done?" The woman replied, "A snake tricked me, and I ate it."

14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:

*And God told the snake, Since you did this, you are cursed more than any other animal. You will crawl on your belly and eat dust for the rest of your life.

15 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.

*I will cause disagreement between you and the woman, and between your children and her children. He will hurt your head, and you will hurt his foot.

16 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.

*He told the woman, "I will increase your pain and pregnancy; you will have children through pain; you will want your husband, and he will be in charge of you."

17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

*And to Adam, God said, "Because you listened to your wife's voice and ate from the tree I told you not to eat from, my curse on the ground because of you. You will eat from it in sorrow for the rest of your life."

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;

*Thorns and weeds will grow for you, and you'll eat plants from the fields.

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

*You will work hard to earn food. You come from the ground and will go back to it. You are made of dust and will become dust again.

20 And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

*And Adam named his wife Eve, as she was the ancestor of all life.

21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.

*The Lord God gave Adam and his wife animal skin clothes to wear, covering their bodies.

22 And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

*And God said, "Look, people are now like us, knowing good and evil. So, we must not let them eat from the tree of life, or they'll live forever."

23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

*So, God expelled him from the Garden of Eden to work the land where he came from.

24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

*So he removed the man from the garden. He put Cherubim angels and a spinning fire sword at the garden's east side to guard the path to the tree of life.

Genesis

Chapter 3