The Message Bible MSG
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1 The serpent was clever, more clever than any wild animal God had made. He spoke to the Woman: "Do I understand that God told you not to eat from any tree in the garden?"
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Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”
2 The Woman said to the serpent, "Not at all. We can eat from the trees in the garden.
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The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
3 It's only about the tree in the middle of the garden that God said, 'Don't eat from it; don't even touch it or you'll die.'"
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but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”
4 The serpent told the Woman, "You won't die.
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“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.
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