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Genesis Chapter 3

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Genesis

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After the fall of humanity, the serpent deceives Eve, who eats the forbidden fruit, and Adam also takes fruit, bringing sin into the world. This chapter introduces the first sin, the loss of innocence, and God’s warning against eating from the tree of knowledge, emphasizing the consequences of disobedience.

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(1) Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Genesis 3:13Genesis 3:14Genesis 3:15Isaiah 27:1Matthew 10:16II Corinthians 11:3II Corinthians 11:14Revelation 12:9Revelation 20:2Numbers 22:28Numbers 22:29Ecclesiastes 4:10

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Exodus 9:25Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Genesis 2:9Isaiah 41:19Exodus 22:5

(2) And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
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Psalms 58:4

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Ezekiel 47:12Ezekiel 31:8Exodus 10:15Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9

(3) But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
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Genesis 2:16Genesis 2:17Genesis 20:6Exodus 19:12Exodus 19:13I Chronicles 16:22Job 1:11Job 2:5Job 19:21I Corinthians 7:1II Corinthians 6:17Colossians 2:21

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Matthew 12:33Matthew 7:17Matthew 7:18Luke 6:43Genesis 2:9Isaiah 41:19

(4) And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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John 8:44Genesis 3:13Deuteronomy 29:19II Kings 1:4II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:16II Kings 8:10Psalms 10:11II Corinthians 2:11II Corinthians 11:3I Timothy 2:14

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Numbers 35:17Numbers 35:18Jeremiah 44:25Ezekiel 3:18Ezekiel 33:8II Kings 7:4

(5) For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
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Exodus 20:7I Kings 22:6Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 28:2Jeremiah 28:3Ezekiel 13:2Ezekiel 13:3Ezekiel 13:4Ezekiel 13:5Ezekiel 13:6Ezekiel 13:22

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Judges 10:6Jeremiah 2:11

(6) And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
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Joshua 7:21Judges 16:1Judges 16:2Ezekiel 24:16Ezekiel 24:21Ezekiel 24:25Genesis 6:2Genesis 39:7II Samuel 11:2Job 31:1Matthew 5:28I John 2:16

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Matthew 12:33Genesis 2:9Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Matthew 7:17

(7) And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Genesis 3:5Deuteronomy 28:34II Kings 6:20Luke 16:23Genesis 3:10Genesis 3:11Genesis 2:25Job 9:29Job 9:30Job 9:31Isaiah 28:20Isaiah 59:6

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Ezekiel 41:24Matthew 21:19Mark 11:13

(8) And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden.
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Genesis 3:10Deuteronomy 4:33Deuteronomy 5:25Job 34:21Job 34:22Job 38:1Job 22:14Job 31:33Psalms 139:1Psalms 139:2Psalms 139:3Psalms 139:4

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Ezekiel 31:8II Kings 21:18Song of Solomon 4:16John 19:41Genesis 3:2Genesis 3:10

(9) And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
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Genesis 4:9Genesis 11:5Genesis 16:8Genesis 18:20Genesis 18:21Joshua 7:17Joshua 7:18Joshua 7:19Revelation 20:12Revelation 20:13

(10) And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
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Genesis 2:25Exodus 3:6Job 23:15Psalms 119:120Isaiah 33:14Isaiah 57:11I John 3:20Genesis 3:7Exodus 32:25Isaiah 47:3Revelation 3:17Revelation 3:18

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Genesis 3:8Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(11) And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
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Genesis 4:10Psalms 50:21Romans 3:20

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(12) And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
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Genesis 2:18Genesis 2:20Genesis 2:22Exodus 32:21Exodus 32:22Exodus 32:23Exodus 32:24I Samuel 15:20I Samuel 15:21I Samuel 15:22I Samuel 15:23I Samuel 15:24

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(13) And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
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Genesis 4:10Genesis 4:11Genesis 4:12Genesis 44:15I Samuel 13:11II Samuel 3:24II Samuel 12:9II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 12:11II Samuel 12:12John 18:35Genesis 3:4

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Numbers 21:9

(14) And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
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Genesis 3:1Genesis 9:6Exodus 21:28Exodus 21:29Exodus 21:30Exodus 21:31Exodus 21:32Leviticus 20:25Psalms 72:9Isaiah 29:4Isaiah 65:25Micah 7:17

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Nehemiah 12:39John 3:31Judges 5:24Psalms 57:5Psalms 57:11Psalms 97:9

(15) And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
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Numbers 21:6Numbers 21:7Amos 9:3Mark 16:18Luke 10:19Acts 28:3Acts 28:4Acts 28:5Acts 28:6Romans 3:13Matthew 3:7Matthew 12:34

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Genesis 26:4Jeremiah 33:26Genesis 1:11Genesis 1:12Genesis 1:29Genesis 13:16

(16) Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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Genesis 35:16Genesis 35:17Genesis 35:18I Samuel 4:19I Samuel 4:20I Samuel 4:21Psalms 48:6Isaiah 13:8Isaiah 21:3Isaiah 26:17Isaiah 26:18Isaiah 53:11

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Romans 7:2Lamentations 1:12II Corinthians 7:10Philippians 2:27Revelation 18:7Judges 8:23

(17) And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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I Samuel 15:23I Samuel 15:24Matthew 22:12Matthew 25:26Matthew 25:27Matthew 25:45Luke 19:22Romans 3:19Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:11Genesis 2:16Genesis 2:17

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(18) Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
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Joshua 23:13Job 5:5Job 31:40Proverbs 22:5Proverbs 24:31Isaiah 5:6Isaiah 7:23Isaiah 32:13Jeremiah 4:3Jeremiah 12:13Matthew 13:7Hebrews 6:8

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Exodus 9:25Genesis 2:5Genesis 23:17Exodus 22:5

(19) In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
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Ecclesiastes 1:3Ecclesiastes 1:13Ephesians 4:28I Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 3:10Job 1:21Psalms 90:3Psalms 104:29Ecclesiastes 5:15Genesis 2:7Genesis 18:27Genesis 23:4

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Song of Solomon 6:13Isaiah 29:4Ecclesiastes 12:7Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55

(20) And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
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Genesis 2:20Genesis 2:23Genesis 5:29Genesis 16:11Genesis 29:32Genesis 29:33Genesis 29:34Genesis 29:35Genesis 35:18Exodus 2:10I Samuel 1:20Matthew 1:21

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(21) Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
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Genesis 3:7Isaiah 61:10Romans 3:22II Corinthians 5:2II Corinthians 5:3II Corinthians 5:21

(22) And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
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Genesis 3:5Genesis 1:26Genesis 11:6Genesis 11:7Isaiah 19:12Isaiah 19:13Isaiah 47:12Isaiah 47:13Jeremiah 22:23Genesis 2:9Proverbs 3:18Revelation 2:7

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Isaiah 41:19Ezekiel 17:24Joel 1:12Genesis 2:9Matthew 12:33Romans 11:24

(23) Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
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Genesis 3:19Genesis 2:5Genesis 4:2Genesis 4:12Genesis 9:20Ecclesiastes 5:9

(24) So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
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Genesis 2:8Exodus 25:2Exodus 25:20Exodus 25:22I Samuel 4:4I Kings 6:25I Kings 6:26I Kings 6:27I Kings 6:28I Kings 6:29I Kings 6:30I Kings 6:31

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