King James Version

Genesis 3

Genesis in the King James Version. Each verse number opens that verse. Study, in the row above the verse, opens the Hebrew, the notes, the other translations, and the connections.

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Open 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?
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Open Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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Open Genesis 3:3

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.
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Open Genesis 3:4

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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Open Genesis 3:5

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.
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Open Genesis 3:6

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.
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Open Genesis 3:7

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.
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Open Genesis 3:8

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.
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Open Genesis 3:9

And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
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Open Genesis 3:10

And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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Open Genesis 3:11

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?
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Open Genesis 3:12

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
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Open Genesis 3:13

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.
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Open Genesis 3:14

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:
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Translation Note
The King James reads “it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.” The 1917 Jewish Publication Society reads “they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.” Brenton’s English reads “he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.” The Hebrew word for the offspring is זֶרַע, “seed,” which can be read as one descendant or as descendants.
The Jewish Publication Society takes the seed as “they” and “their.” Brenton takes a singular “he” and “his.” Christians read the promise as the Son who crushes the serpent, and who is himself bruised. Jesus is that seed, and Jesus is God the Son.
King James Version. 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.
Jewish Publication Society (1917). “they shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise their heel.”
Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English. “he shall watch against thy head, and thou shalt watch against his heel.”
Septuagint, Brenton’s Greek (1851). αὐτός σοῦ τηρήσει κεφαλὴν, καὶ σὺ τηρήσεις αὐτοῦ πτέρναν.
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Open Genesis 3:15

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.
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Open Genesis 3:16

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.
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Open Genesis 3:17

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;
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Open Genesis 3:18

Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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Open Genesis 3:19

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.
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Open Genesis 3:20

And Adam called his wife’s name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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Open Genesis 3:21

Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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Open Genesis 3:22

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:
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Open Genesis 3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
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Open Genesis 3:24

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.

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