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The truth is that God knows the day you eat the fruit from that tree you will awaken something powerful in you and become like Him: possessing knowledge of both good and evil.

The woman approached the tree, eyed its fruit, and coveted its mouth-watering, wisdom-granting beauty. She plucked a fruit from the tree and ate. She then offered the fruit to her husband who was close by, and he ate as well. Suddenly their eyes were opened to a reality previously unknown. For the first time, they sensed their vulnerability and rushed to hide their naked bodies, stitching fig leaves into crude loincloths.

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“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(A) knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable(B) for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband,(C) who was with her, and he ate it.(D) Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were naked;(E) so they sewed fig leaves together and made coverings for themselves.(F)

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