1 (NIV) Now the serpent was
more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD
God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, `You must not eat from any tree in the
garden'?" 2 The woman said to the
serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in
the garden, 3 but God did say, `You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and
you must not touch it, or you will
die.'" 4 "You will not
surely die," the serpent said to the woman. 5
"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes
will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." 6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also
desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some
and ate it. She also gave some to her
husband, who was with her, and he ate it.