The Fall

¹ Now the serpent was more crafty than any other ⌞wild animal⌟¹ which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God indeed say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

1. Literally “animal of the field”

² The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

³ but from the tree that is in the midst of the garden, God said, ‘You shall not eat from it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die’.”

⁴ But the serpent said to the woman, “You shall not surely die.

⁵ For God knows that on the day you both eat from it, then your eyes will be opened and you both shall be like gods,¹ knowing good and evil.”

1. The plural is in the context of v. 22 “one of us” and the plural suffix pronouns 〚“you all”〛 throughout the verse

⁶ When¹ the woman saw that the tree was good for food and that it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make one wise, then² she took from its fruit and she ate. And she gave it also to her husband with her, and he ate.

1. Or “And”
2. Or “and”

⁷ Then¹ the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked. And they sewed together fig leaves and they made for themselves coverings.

1. Or “And”

⁸ Then¹ they heard the sound of Yahweh God walking in the garden ⌞at the windy time of day⌟.² And the man³ and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “at the wind of the day”
3. “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article

⁹ And Yahweh God called to the man¹ and said to him, “Where are you?”

1. “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article

¹⁰ And he replied,¹ “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid because I am naked, so I hid myself.”

1. Literally “And he said”; “replied” distinguishes Adam as the speaker

¹¹ Then he¹ asked,² “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from ⌞the tree from which I forbade you to eat⌟?”³

1. That is, Yahweh God
2. Or “said”
3. Literally “the tree which I commanded to not eat from it”

¹² And the man¹ replied,² “The woman whom you gave to be with me—she gave to me from the tree and I ate.”

1. “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
2. Or “said”

¹³ Then¹ Yahweh God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

1. Or “And”

¹⁴ Then¹ Yahweh God said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you will be cursed more than any domesticated animal and more than any wild animal.² On your belly you shall go and dust you shall eat all the days of your life.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “animal of the earth/land”

¹⁵ And I will put hostility between you and between the woman, and between your offspring¹ and between her offspring;² he will strike you on the head, and you will strike him on the heel.”

1. Literally “seed”
2. Literally “seed”

¹⁶ To the woman he said, “I will greatly increase ⌞your pain in childbearing⌟;¹ in pain you shall bear children. And to your husband shall be your desire. And he shall rule over you.”

1. Literally “your pain and your childbearing”

¹⁷ And to Adam¹ he said, “Because you listened to the voice of your wife and you ate from the tree ⌞from which I forbade you to eat⌟,² the ground shall be cursed on your account. In pain you shall eat from it all the days of your life.

1. The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context
2. Literally “from the tree which I commanded saying not to eat from it”

¹⁸ And thorns and thistles shall sprout for you, and you shall eat the plants of the field.

¹⁹ By the sweat of your brow¹ you shall eat bread, until your return to the ground. For from it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”

1. Literally “your face”

²⁰ And the man¹ ⌞named⌟² his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all life.

1. “The man” indicates the noun is singular and occurs with the definite article
2. Literally “called the name”

²¹ And Yahweh God made for Adam¹ and for his wife garments of skin, and he clothed them.

1. The noun lacks the definite article and is taken as a proper noun in this context

²² And Yahweh God said, “Look—the man has become as one of us, to know good and evil. ⌞What if⌟¹ he stretches out his hand and takes also from the tree of life and eats, and lives forever?”

1. Literally “And now lest”

²³ And Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.

²⁴ So¹ he drove the man out, and placed cherubim east of the garden of Eden, and ⌞a flaming, turning sword⌟² to guard the way to the tree of life.

1. Or “And”
2. Literally “a flame of the sword which was turning”