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The serpent, the shrewdest of the beasts, asked the woman whether God had really forbidden her to eat any of the fruit in the garden. (Genesis 3:1) The woman replied that they could eat any fruit other than that of the tree in the middle of the garden, which God had warned them neither to eat nor to touch, on pain of death. (Genesis 3:2–3) The serpent told the woman that she would not die, but that as soon as she ate the fruit, her eyes would be opened and she would be like divine beings who knew good and bad. (Genesis 3:4–4) When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing in appearance, and desirable as a source of wisdom, she ate some of its fruit and gave some to her husband to eat. (Genesis 3:6) Then their eyes were opened and they saw that they were naked; and they sewed themselves loincloths out of fig leaves. (Genesis 3:7)

Adam and Eve Driven out of Eden (illustration by Gustave Doré)

Hearing God move in the garden, they hid in the trees. (Genesis 3:8) God asked the man where he was. (Genesis 3:9) The man replied that he grew afraid when he heard God, and he hid because he was naked. (Genesis 3:10) God asked him who told him that he was naked and whether he had eaten the forbidden fruit. (Genesis 3:11) The man replied that the woman whom God put at his side gave him the fruit, and he ate. (Genesis 3:12) When God asked the woman what she had done, she replied that the serpent duped her, and she ate. (Genesis 3:13) God cursed the serpent to crawl on its belly, to eat dirt, and to live in enmity with the woman and her offspring. (Genesis 3:14–15) God cursed the woman to bear children in pain, to desire her husband, and to be ruled by him. (Genesis 3:16) And God cursed Adam to toil to earn his food from the ground, which would sprout thorns and thistles, until he returned to the ground from which he was taken. (Genesis 3:17–19)

Adam named his wife Eve, because she was the mother to all. (Genesis 3:20) And God made skin garments to clothe Adam and Eve. (Genesis 3:21)

Remarking that the man had become like God, knowing good and bad, God became concerned that he should also eat from the tree of life and live forever, so God banished him from the garden of Eden, to till the soil. (Genesis 3:22–23) God drove the man out, and stationed cherubim and a fiery ever-turning sword east of the garden to guard the tree of life. (Genesis 3:24)