Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 3

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So me E,v21z—1.1vmG Gon threw the

man into a stupor, and he slept. And taking one of his ribs, He closed up the Bash in its place. And from the rib, which the Evan-uvmc Gomhad taken out of the man, He constructed a woman, and brought her to the This form is bone of my own bone, and Hash of my own Hash. This shall be named ‘ womanf because sho was Man shall there- fore leave his father and his mother, and shall unite with his wife ; and they shall be one body. And they were naked, the man and his wife, but they were not ashamed. ®l;e Ermpiaiimz uf ®lrz. Now the Serpent was more impu-

dent than any of the wild animals of the Held which the Evan-1.1v1No Gon had made. S0 he asked the woman, ‘Is it true that GOD has said, you may not eat of every tree of the And the woman replied We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the Garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the Garden, GOD has said, ' do not eat of it, and do not even But the You will not die; but GOD knows that at thetime you eat of it, your eyes will then be opened, and you will be like GOD, acquainted with both good and So the woman perceiving that the

tree was good for food, and beautiful to the eyes, and a tree stimulating to the intellect, she took some of its fruit and ate it, and gave some to her husband with her; and he also ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they became aware that they were naked. They accordingly joined iiig leaves together, and made aprons for themselves. They then heard theesound of the

EVxR—L1v1NG GOD moving in the Gar~ den in the breeze of the day ; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD GOD among the trees of the Garden. But the Evnnmxvmo Goo called to

Where are you ?’ I heard Your sound in the Garden, and perceiving that I was naked, I hid myself} Who told you

that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I com- manded that you should not eat The woman

whom You gave to me, she gave me Why the LORD GOD asked the woman. And the woman The serpent deceived .me and I ate it. The EvER—1.1vmo Goo accordingly

Because you have done this you shall be accursed more than all the cattle, and more than all the wild beasts of the field; you shall crawl upon your belly, and eat dust all the days of your life. I will also cause antagonism between you and the woman, and between your progeny and her progeny. HE shall wound your head, and you shall wound His heel. I will

increase your sorrows and your joys. You shall give birth to children with pain; but your love shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you. Because

you have listened tothe voice of your wife, and have eatencof the tree of which I commanded you, saying, Eat not of it; ’ I will set the ground

apart for your cultivation ‘; in sorrow you shall eat from it every day of your life. It shall grow thorns and briars for you; but you shall have the plants of the held for food. In the sweat of your brow you shall eat bread, until you return to the ground, from which you were taken. For dust you are, and to the dust you shall return. The man then gave to his wife the

name of Eve; l because she was the mother of all life. For Adam also and his wife the EvEn—1.1vmo Goo made clothing of skins, and dressed them. Now

the man was like one of Ourselves, acquainted with both good and evil; therefore it may be that he will stretch out his hand, and take also of the Tree of Lives and eat of it, and live The Even-Livmo Gon consequently expelled him from the Garden of Eden, in order to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man, and He stationed at the east of the Garden of

Khavah, or life. container.

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