Genesis 3:1-8

The Fall

¹ Now _u the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God actually say, 'You ₁ shall not eat of any tree in the garden'?" ² And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, ³ but God said, _v 'You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'" ⁴ _w But the serpent said to the woman, "You will not surely die. ⁵ For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." ⁶ So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, ₂ she took of its fruit _x and ate, and she also gave some to her husband who was with her, _y and he ate. ⁷ _z Then the eyes of both were opened, _a and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

⁸ And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool ₃ of the day, and the man and his wife _b hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

1. Cross References
   Matthew 10:16
   Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
   2 Corinthians 11:3
   But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
   Revelation 12:9
   And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world - he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.
   Revelation 20:2
   And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
   
2. Cross References
   Genesis 2:17
   But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.
   
3. Cross References
   Genesis 3:13
   Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this that you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
   John 8:44
   You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
   2 Corinthians 11:3
   But I am afraid that as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts will be led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to Christ.
   
4. Cross References
   1 Timothy 2:14
   And Adam was not deceived, but the woman was deceived and became a transgressor.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 3:12
   The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.
   Genesis 3:17
   And to Adam he said, "Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten of the tree of which I commanded you, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground because of you; in pain you shall eat of it all the days of your life.
   Hosea 6:7
   But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 3:5
   For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.
   
7. Cross References
   Genesis 2:25
   And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed.
   
8. Cross References
   Psalms 139:1 - 12
   O Lord, you have searched me and known me!
   Jeremiah 23:23 - 24
   Am I a God at hand, declares the Lord, and not a God far away?