Genesis 3:1-8
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals
that
the LORD God had made. The serpent asked the woman,
"Did
God really tell you not to eat from any of the trees in
the garden?"
The woman answered the serpent: "We may eat of the
fruit of
the trees in the garden; it is only about the fruit of
the tree in the
middle of the garden that God said, 'You shall not eat it
or even
touch it, lest you die.'“ But the serpent said to the
woman:
"You certainly will not die! No, God knows well
that the
moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you
will
be like gods who know what is good and what is bad.“ The
woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to
the
eyes, and desirable for gaining wisdom. So she took some
of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her
husband, who
was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of
them were
opened, and they realized that they were naked; so they
sewed fig
leaves together
and made loincloths for themselves.
The Story of the Fall of Adam and Eve
