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36 sound of Yahweh God､ walking to and fro in the garden､ at the breeze of the day, —so he hid himself—||the man with his wife||､ from the face of Yahweh God, amid the trees of the garden. And Yahweh God called´ unto the man,— and said to him､

Where art thou?

And he said,

 heard I in the garden,—and I was afraid､ for was I´, so I hid myself.

And he said,

Who´ told thee that thou wast?  hast thou eaten?

And the man said,—

 ||she|| gave me of the tree､ so I did eat.

Then said Yahweh God to the woman､

What is this that thou hast done?

And the woman said,


 * The serpent|| deceived me､ so I did eat.

Then said Yahweh God unto the serpant—




 * Accursed| art thou´ above every tame-beast, and above every wild-beast of the field,— shalt thou go, and shalt thou eat､ all the days of thy life.

And will I put between thee､ and the woman, and between thy´ seed, and her´ seed,—

 he said､

I will ||increase|| thy pain of pregnancy,

 shalt thou bear children,—

Yet shall be thy longing,

Though ||he|| rule over thee.

And he said､

Because thou didst hearken to the voice of thy wife, and so didst eat of the tree´ as to which I commanded thee､ saying,

Thou shalt not eat of it

Accursed´ be the ground for thy sake,

 shalt thou eat of it､ all the days of thy life;

 shall it shoot forth to thee,—when thou hast come to eat of the herb of the field:

<In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, until thou return to the ground, because wast thou taken,—

For thou art, And shalt thou return.

So the man called the name of his wife､ Eve, —in that ||she|| was made mother of every one living. And Yahweh God made for the man—and for his wife—tunics of skin､ and clothed them. Then said Yahweh God Lo! ||man|| hath become like one of us, in respect of knowing good and evil, —


 * Now|| therefore､ lest he thrust forth his hand､ and take even of the tree of life, and eat､ and live to times age-abiding —

So Yahweh God put him forth from the garden of Eden,—to till the ground´ wherefrom he had been taken. So he expelled the man,—and caused to dwell —in front of the garden of Eden— cherubim､ and a brandishing sword-flame, to keep the way to the tree of life.

Now ||the man|| having come to know Eve his wife,—she conceived, and bare Cain, and said､

I have gotten a Man, even Yahweh!

And she went on to bear his brother, Abel, —and Abel became a feeder of sheep, whereas ||Cain|| was a tiller of the ground. So it came to pass that Cain brought in |of the fruit of the ground| a present to Yahweh: ||Abel|| also､ even ||he|| brought in､ of the firstlings of his sheep､ and of their fat,—and Yahweh approved of Abel､ and of his present;  but  he approved not,—and it angered Cain greatly､ and his countenance fell. So then Yahweh said unto Cain,—

Wherefore´ hath it angered thee, and wherefore´ hath thy countenance fallen?

Shall it not､ if thou do right､ be lifted up?