Genesis 3:1

KJV

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?

— Genesis 3:1, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Genesis Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The serpent tempts Eve with the fruit of the forbidden tree, and both she and Adam eat it, gaining knowledge of good and evil. God curses the serpent, increases the woman's pain in childbirth, and condemns the man to toil, …

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Other Translations

ASV

Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

YLT

And the serpent hath been subtile above every beast of the field which Jehovah God hath made, and he saith unto the woman, `Is it true that God hath said, Ye do not eat of every tree of the garden?'

BBE

Now the snake was wiser than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, Has God truly said that you may not take of the fruit of any tree in the garden?

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