The serpent was more crafty than any wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, ‘Is it true that God has forbidden you to eat from any tree in the garden？'The woman answered the serpent, 'We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except for the tree n the middle of the garden； God has forbidden us either to eat or to touch the fruit of that； if we do, we shall die. 'The serpent said, 'Of course you will not die. God knows that as soon as you eat it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods knowing both good and evil. 'When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good to eat, and that it was pleasing to the eye and tempting to contemplate, she took some and ate it. She also gave her husband some and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they discovered that they were naked； so they stitched fig-leaves together and made themselves loincloths.

　　The man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze and hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you？'He replied, 'I heard the sound as you were walking in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, and I hid myself. 'God answered, 'Who told you that you were naked？Have you eaten from the tree which I forbade you？'The man said, 'The woman you gave me for a companion, she gave me fruit from the tree and I ate it . 'Then the Lord God said to the woman, 'What is this that you have done？'The woman said, 'The serpent tricked me, and I ate. 'Then the Lord God said to the serpent：

　　‘Because you have done this you are accursed more than all cattle and all wild creatures. On your belly you shall crawl, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life. I will put enmity between you and the woman, between your brood and hers. They shall strike at your head, and you shall strike at their heel. '

　　To the woman he said：

　　‘I will increase your labour and your goaning, and in labour you shall bear children. You shall be eager for your husband, and he shall be your master. '

　　And to the man he said：

　　‘Because you have listened to your wife and have eaten from the tree which I forbade you, accursed shall be the ground on your account. With labour you shall win your food from it all the days of your life. It will grow thorns and thistles for you, none but wild plants for you to eat. You shall gain your bread by the sweat of your brow until you return to the ground； for from it you were taden. Dust you are, to dust you shall return. '

　　the man called his wife Eve because she was the mother of all who live. The Lord God made tunics of skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them. He said, ‘The man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil； what if he now reaches out his hand and takes fruit from the tree of life also, eats it and lives for ever？'so the Lord God drove him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he had been taken. He cast him out, and to the east of the garden of Eden he stationed the cherubim and a sword whirling and flashing to guard the way to the tree of life.

　　始祖犯戒

　　蛇比上帝造的其他生物都要狡猾。他對那女人說：“上帝果真不許你們吃園子里任何一棵樹上的果子嗎？”女人回答說：“我們可以隨便吃園中樹上的果子，惟獨不能吃園中央那棵樹的。上帝不準我們吃，也不準我們碰它的果子。如果違戒，我們就會死去。”蛇說：“你們不一定會死。上帝知道你們一旦吃了那樹的果子，就會眼睛明亮，同神一樣能明辨善惡了。”女人知道那樹的果子原來可以吃，看上去果子又極悅目誘人，便摘了幾個吃了。她又給她丈夫一些，他也吃了。吃完果子，他們兩人的眼睛頓時明亮起來，這才看到他們自己卻是一絲不掛的，于是他們把一些無花果樹葉縫起來，系在腰間來遮羞。

　　傍晚的微風輕送時，男人和他的妻子聽見天主上帝在園中行走的聲響，他們就在園中樹叢里躲起來。但是天主上帝叫那男人，說：“你在哪兒呢？”那男人回答：“我聽見你在園中行走的聲音，我怕自己赤身露體，就躲起來了。”上帝問道：“誰告訴你你是赤身露體了？你定是吃了我禁吃的樹桌子了？”男人說：“你給我作伴侶的女人給我那樹的果子，我吃了。”天主上帝于是對那女人說：“你為何如此？”那女人說：“蛇誘惑我，我就吃了禁果。”于是，天主上帝對蛇說：“你因為誘惑了她，就要比其他牲畜和野獸更倒霉。你要終生以肚皮爬行，啃泥過活。我要使你與那個女人結仇，而且世代為敵。女人都打蛇頭，蛇則咬女人的腳跟。”

　　他又對女人說：“我要增加你的勞累，使你備受懷孕生育之苦楚。你將依附你丈夫，而他則成為你的主宰。”他對那男人說：“由于你聽你的妻子的話，偷吃了我禁吃的樹上果實，土地也因你而受累，你要在它上面辛勞一輩子才能勉強糊口。地上因你而長出荊棘和蒺藜，除了野菜，你將沒有其他食物。一直到你入土，你都得用汗水來換取飯食。你原來自泥土，你將回到泥中去。”

　　男人稱他妻子為夏娃，因為她是人類之母。天主上帝用皮革給亞當和他的妻子做了兩件長上衣，讓他們披上。他說：“那人已經和我們神一樣，能辨善惡。如果他再伸手摘取生命樹的果實，吃了它就會得永生，那如何是好？”因此，天主上帝把人趕出了伊甸園，去耕種那片造出他來的土地。上帝把人逐出了伊甸園后，在伊甸園的東邊安置了有翅的天使和一把轉動時火光閃閃的寶劍，來守住通往生命之樹的路。

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