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Man's fall.

And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ahamed.

1 The erpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's fall. 9 God arraigneth them. 14 The erpent is cured, and his overthrow by the eed of the woman foretold. 16 The punihment of mankind. 21 Their firt clothing. 22 Their expulion out of paradie.

the erpent was more ubtil than any beat of the field which the God had made. And he aid unto the woman, † Yea, hath God aid, Ye hall not eat of every tree of the garden?

And the woman aid unto the erpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midt of the garden, God hath aid, Ye hall not eat of it, neither hall ye touch it, let ye die.

And the erpent aid unto the woman, Ye hall not urely die:

For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes hall be opened, and ye hall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

¶ And when the woman aw that the tree was good for food, and that it was † pleaant to the eyes, and a tree to be deired to make one wie, he took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave alo unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they ewed fig leaves together, and made themelves ‖ aprons.

And they heard the voice of the God walking in the garden in the † cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themelves from the preence of the  God amongt the trees of the garden.

¶ And the God called unto Adam, and aid unto him, Where art thou?

And he aid, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, becaue I was naked; and I hid my elf.

And he aid, Who told thee that thou wat naked? Hat thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou houldet not eat?

And the man aid, The woman whom thou gavet to be with me, he gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

And the God aid unto the woman, What is this that thou hat done? And the woman aid, The erpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

¶ And the God aid unto the erpent, Becaue thou hat done this, thou art cured above all cattle, and above every beat of the field; upon thy belly halt thou go, and dut halt thou eat all the days of thy life:

And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy eed and her eed; it hall bruie thy head, and thou halt bruie his heel.

¶ Unto the woman he aid, I will greatly multiply thy orrow and thy conception; in orrow thou halt bring forth children; and thy deire hall be ‖ to thy huband, and he hall rule over thee.

And unto Adam he aid, Becaue thou hat hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hat eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, aying, Thou halt not eat of it: cured is the ground for thy ake; in orrow halt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Thorns alo and thistles hall it † bring forth to thee; and thou halt eat the herb of the field;

In the weat of thy face halt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wat thou taken: for dut thou art, and unto dut halt thou return.

And Adam called his wife's name † ‖ Eve; becaue he was the mother of all living.

¶ Unto Adam alo and to his wife did the God make coats of kins, and clothed them.

¶ And the God aid, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, let he put forth his hand, and take alo of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:

Therefore the God ent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the eat of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming word which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

1 The birth, occupation, and religious behaviour of Cain and Abel. 8 The murder of Abel, and the arraignment, and cure of Cain for it. 17 Enoch born; the firt city built; the generations of Cain. 19 Lamech and his two wives. 25 The birth of Seth and Enos.

Adam knew Eve his wife; and he conceived, and bare ‖ Cain, and aid, I have gotten a man from the.

And he again bare his brother † Abel.