Genesis 3:1-15

The serpent was more cunning than any of the other wild animals that the Lord God had made. He asked Eve, “Did God really say that you can't eat fruit from every tree in the garden?” Eve replied to the serpent, “We can eat from the trees in the garden, but not the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden. God told us, ‘You mustn't eat from that tree, or even touch it, otherwise you'll die.’” “You certainly won't die,” the serpent told Eve. “It's because God knows that as soon as you eat it, you'll see things differently, and you'll be like God, knowing both what is good and what is evil.” Eve saw that the fruit of the tree appeared good to eat. It looked very attractive. She really wanted it so she could become wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it, and she gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it too. Immediately they saw everything differently and realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together to cover themselves up. Later they heard the Lord walking in the garden in the evening when the breeze was blowing. Adam and Eve went and hid out of sight of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. The Lord God called out to Adam, “Where are you?” “I heard you walking in the garden and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid,” he replied. “Who told you that you were naked?” asked the Lord God. “Did you eat fruit from the tree I ordered you not to?” “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit from the tree, and I ate it,” Adam replied. The Lord God asked Eve, “Why have you done this?” “The serpent tricked me, and so I ate it,” she replied. Then the Lord God told the serpent, “Because of what you've done, you are cursed more than any of the other animals. You will slide along on your belly and eat dust as long as you live. I will make sure you and your children, and the woman and her children, are enemies. One of her children will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.”