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, [a]lest ye die.

Then the (A)serpent said to the woman, Ye shall not [b][c]die at all,

But God doth know that when ye shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, [d]knowing good and evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:3 In doubting of God’s threatenings she yielded to Satan.
  2. Genesis 3:4 This is Satan’s chiefest subtlety, to cause us not to fear God’s threatenings.
  3. Genesis 3:4 Hebrew, die the death.
  4. Genesis 3:5 As though he should say, God doth not forbid you to eat of the fruit, save that he knoweth that if ye should eat thereof, ye should be like to him.

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.’”(A)

“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman.(B) “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God,(C) knowing good and evil.”

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