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But the snake said to the woman, "You will not die.
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God knows that if you eat the fruit from that tree, you will learn about good and evil and you will be like God!"
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The woman saw that the tree was beautiful, that its fruit was good to eat, and that it would make her wise. So she took some of its fruit and ate it. She also gave some of the fruit to her husband, and he ate it.
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Then, it was as if their eyes were opened. They realized they were naked, so they sewed fig leaves together and made something to cover themselves.
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Then they heard the Lord God walking in the garden during the cool part of the day, and the man and his wife hid from the Lord God among the trees in the garden.
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But the Lord God called to the man and said, "Where are you?"
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The man answered, "I heard you walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid."
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God asked, "Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?"
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The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."
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Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."
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The Lord God said to the snake, "Because you did this, a curse will be put on you. You will be cursed as no other animal, tame or wild, will ever be. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust all the days of your life.