Liber Genesis

Genesis, chapter 3, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 3 Vulgate

   1 Et serpens erat callidior cunctis animantibus agri, quae fecerat Dominus Deus. Qui dixit ad mulierem: "Verene praecepit vobis Deus, ut non comederetis de omni ligno paradisi?"
   2 Cui respondit mulier: "De fructu lignorum, quae sunt in paradiso, vescimur;
   3 de fructu vero ligni, quod est in medio paradisi, praecepit nobis Deus, ne comederemus et ne tangeremus illud, ne moriamur"
   4 Dixit autem serpens ad mulierem: "Nequaquam morte moriemini!
   5 Scit enim Deus quod in quocumque die comederitis ex eo, aperientur oculi vestri, et eritis sicut Deus scientes bonum et malum"
   6 Vidit igitur mulier quod bonum esset lignum ad vescendum et pulchrum oculis et desiderabile esset lignum ad intellegendum; et tulit de fructu illius et comedit deditque etiam viro suo secum, qui comedit.
   7 Et aperti sunt oculi amborum. Cumque cognovissent esse se nudos, consuerunt folia ficus et fecerunt sibi perizomata.
   8 Et cum audissent vocem Domini Dei deambulantis in paradiso ad auram post meridiem, abscondit se Adam et uxor eius a facie Domini Dei in medio ligni paradisi.
   9 Vocavitque Dominus Deus Adam et dixit ei: "Ubi es?"
   10 Qui ait: "Vocem tuam audivi in paradiso et timui eo quod nudus essem et abscondi me"
   11 Cui dixit: "Quis enim indicavit tibi quod nudus esses, nisi quod ex ligno, de quo tibi praeceperam, ne comederes, comedisti?"
   12 Dixitque Adam: "Mulier, quam dedisti sociam mihi, ipsa dedit mihi de ligno, et comedi"
   13 Et dixit Dominus Deus ad mulierem: "Quid hoc fecisti?" Quae respondit: "Serpens decepit me, et comedi"
   14 Et ait Dominus Deus ad serpentem: "Quia fecisti hoc, maledictus es inter omnia pecora et omnes bestias agri! Super pectus tuum gradieris et pulverem comedes cunctis diebus vitae tuae.
   15 Inimicitias ponam inter te et mulierem et semen tuum et semen illius; ipsum conteret caput tuum, et tu conteres calcaneum eius"
   16 Mulieri dixit: "Multiplicabo aerumnas tuas et conceptus tuos: in dolore paries filios, et ad virum tuum erit appetitus tuus, ipse autem dominabitur tui"
   17 Adae vero dixit: "Quia audisti vocem uxoris tuae et comedisti de ligno, ex quo praeceperam tibi, ne comederes, maledicta humus propter te! In laboribus comedes ex ea cunctis diebus vitae tuae.
   18 Spinas et tribulos germinabit tibi, et comedes herbas terrae;
   19 in sudore vultus tui vesceris pane, donec revertaris ad humum, de qua sumptus es, quia pulvis es et in pulverem reverteris"
   20 Et vocavit Adam nomen uxoris suae Eva, eo quod mater esset cunctorum viventium.
   21 Fecit quoque Dominus Deus Adae et uxori eius tunicas pelliceas et induit eos.
   22 Et ait Dominus Deus: "Ecce homo factus est quasi unus ex nobis, ut sciat bonum et malum; nunc ergo, ne mittat manum suam et sumat etiam de ligno vitae et comedat et vivat in aeternum!"
   23 Emisit eum Dominus Deus de paradiso Eden, ut operaretur humum, de qua sumptus est.
   24 Eiecitque hominem et collocavit ad orientem paradisi Eden cherubim et flammeum gladium atque versatilem ad custodiendam viam ligni vitae.

Source: Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio, Sacrosanti Oecumenici Concilii Vaticani II, Ratione Habita, Iussu Pauli PP. VI Recognita, Auctoritate Ioannis Pauli PP. II Promulgata, Editio Typica Altera

King James Version

   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?
   2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
   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.
   4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
   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.
   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.
   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.
   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.
   9 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?
   10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.
   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?
   12 And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
   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.
   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:
   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.
   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.
   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;
   18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
   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.
   20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
   21 Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
   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:
   23 Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
   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.