Now no shrub of the field was yet in the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the LORDGod had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
Out of the ground the LORDGod caused to grow every tree that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Out of the ground the LORDGod formed every beast of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought {them} to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called a living creature, that was its name.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORDGod had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"
They heard the sound of the LORDGod walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORDGod among the trees of the garden.
The LORDGod said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life;
Then the LORDGod said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
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