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“Even God knows that on the day you eat from it, your eyes will be opened and you’ll become like God,[a] knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the tree produced good food, was attractive in appearance,[b] and was desirable for making one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate it.[c] Then she also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate some, too.[d] As a result, they both understood what they had done,[e] and they became aware that they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:5 Or gods
  2. Genesis 3:6 Lit. was pleasing to the eyes
  3. Genesis 3:6 The Heb. lacks it
  4. Genesis 3:6 The Heb. lacks some, too
  5. Genesis 3:7 Lit. the eyes of both of them were opened