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.