Genesis 2:16   (Read all of Genesis 2)

And the Lord God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;

Genesis 2:17   (Read all of Genesis 2)

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die."

Genesis 3:1   (Read all of Genesis 3)

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Genesis 3:3   (Read all of Genesis 3)

but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "

Genesis 3:4   (Read all of Genesis 3)

"You will not certainly die," the serpent said to the woman.

Genesis 3:5   (Read all of Genesis 3)

"For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

Genesis 3:9   (Read all of Genesis 3)

But the Lord God called to the man, "Where are you?"

Genesis 3:10   (Read all of Genesis 3)

He answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid."

Genesis 3:11   (Read all of Genesis 3)

And he said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"

Genesis 3:12   (Read all of Genesis 3)

The man said, "The woman you put here with me-she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."

Genesis 3:13   (Read all of Genesis 3)

Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Genesis 3:14   (Read all of Genesis 3)

So the Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "Cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:15   (Read all of Genesis 3)

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."

Genesis 3:16   (Read all of Genesis 3)

To the woman he said, "I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17   (Read all of Genesis 3)

To Adam he said, "Because you listened to your wife and ate fruit from the tree about which I commanded you, 'You must not eat from it,' "Cursed is the ground because of you; through painful toil you will eat food from it all the days of your life.

Genesis 3:18   (Read all of Genesis 3)

It will produce thorns and thistles for you, and you will eat the plants of the field.

Genesis 3:19   (Read all of Genesis 3)

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return."

Genesis 4:6   (Read all of Genesis 4)

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why is your face downcast?

Genesis 4:7   (Read all of Genesis 4)

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you must rule over it."

Genesis 4:9   (Read all of Genesis 4)

Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" "I don't know," he replied. "Am I my brother's keeper?"

Genesis 4:10   (Read all of Genesis 4)

The Lord said, "What have you done? Listen! Your brother's blood cries out to me from the ground.

Genesis 4:11   (Read all of Genesis 4)

Now you are under a curse and driven from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand.

Genesis 4:12   (Read all of Genesis 4)

When you work the ground, it will no longer yield its crops for you. You will be a restless wanderer on the earth."

Genesis 4:14   (Read all of Genesis 4)

Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."