Genesis 3:1-7
A Women’s Lectionary 16
1 Now the serpentI wasII more craftyIII than any other wild animalIV
that the LordV GodVI had made.VII
He said to the woman,VIII “Did God say, ‘You shall not eatIX from any treeX in the garden’?”XI
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruitXII of the trees in the garden; 3 but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middleXIII of the garden, nor shall you touchXIV it, or you shall die.’”XV
4 But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die;XVI 5 for God knowsXVII that whenXVIII you eat of it
your eyesXIX will be opened,XX and you will be like God, knowing goodXXI and evil.”XXII
6 So when the woman sawXXIII that the tree was good for food,XXIV and that it was a delightXXV to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desiredXXVI to make one wise,XXVII she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband,XXVIII who was with her, and he ate.
7 Then the eyes of bothXXIX were opened, and they knew that they were naked;XXX and they sewed fig leavesXXXI togetherXXXII and made loinclothsXXXIII for themselves.
Image credit: “Tree of Eden” at the Palatine Chapel in Aachen, Germany. Photo by Jose Luiz, 2017.