eat not: For even the same day thou eatest of it, thou shalt surely
die. {die the death} And the LORD God said: It is not good that man
should be alone, I will make him an helper to bear him company: And
after that the LORD God had made of the earth all manner beasts of the
field, and all manner fowls of the air, he brought them unto Adam to
see what he would call them. And as Adam called all manner living
beasts: even so are their names. And Adam gave names unto all manner
cattle, and unto the fowls of the air, and unto all manner beasts of
the field. But there was no help found unto Adam to bear him company.
Then the LORD God cast a slumber on Adam, and he slept. And then he
took out one of his ribs, and in stead thereof he filled up the place
with flesh. And the LORD God made of the rib which he took out of Adam,
a woman, and brought her unto Adam. Then said Adam: This is once bone
of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called woman: because
she was taken of the man. For this cause shall a man leave father and
mother and cleave unto his wife, and they shall be one flesh. And they
were either of them naked, both Adam and his wife, and were not
ashamed.
Chapter .iij.
But the serpent was subtler than all the beasts of the field which the
LORD God had made, and said unto the woman: Ah sir, {Yee} that God hath
said, {[indeed]} ye shall not eat of all manner trees in the garden.
And the woman said unto the serpent, of the fruit of the trees in the
garden we may eat, but of the fruit of the tree that {yt} is in the
midst {myddes} of the garden (said God) see that ye eat not, and see
that ye touch it not: lest ye die. Then said the serpent unto the
woman: tush ye shall not die: but God doth know, that whensoever ye
should eat of it, your eyes should be opened and ye should be as God
and know both good and evil. And the woman saw that it was a good tree
to eat of and lusty unto the eyes and a pleasant tree for to make wise.
And took of the fruit of it and ate, and gave unto her husband also
with her, and he ate. And the eyes of both them were opened, that they
understood how that they were naked. Then they sewed fig leaves
together and made them aprons. And they heard the voice of the LORD God
as he walked in the garden in the cool of the day. And Adam hid himself
and his wife also from the face of the LORD God, among the trees of the
garden. And the LORD God called Adam and said unto him where art thou?
And he answered: Thy voice I heard in the garden, but I was afraid
because I was naked, and therefore hid myself. And he said: Who told
thee that thou wast naked? hast thou eaten of the tree, of which I bade
thee that thou shouldest not eat? And Adam answered: The woman which
thou gavest to bear me company, she took me of the tree, and I ate. And
the LORD God said unto the woman: Wherefore didst thou so? And the
woman answered: The serpent deceived me and I ate. And the LORD God
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