1Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the Lord God had made. And The relationship between Satan and the serpent is not made clear, but Satan is identified with the serpent later in Rev 12:9, 14, 15, and 20:2. It seems difficult to believe that Eve would not have been suspicious of a talking creature, but at this point in time Eve probably knew next to nothing about animals; and in any case, the serpent, as it existed before the curse (v 14), was a very different creature from the reptile that is familiar to us today.the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, “Can it really be that God has said, ‘You shall not eat from Or every.any tree of the garden’?”

2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

3except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.’ ”

4But the serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die!

5For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened [that is, you will have greater awareness], and you will be like God, knowing [the difference between] good and evil.”

6And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband This may have been sometime later. Jewish tradition said that Adam was absent at the time of Eve’s conversation with the serpent (according to the Talmud).with her, and he ate.

7Then the eyes of the two of them were opened [that is, their awareness increased], and they knew that they were naked; and they fastened fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.

8And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool [afternoon breeze] of the day, so the man and his wife hid and kept themselves hidden from the Lit face.presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.

9But the Lord God called to Adam, and said to him, “Where are you?”

10He said, “I heard the sound of You [walking] in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.”

11God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten [fruit] from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?”

12And the man said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me—she gave me [fruit] from the tree, and I ate it.”

13Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent beguiled and deceived me, and I ate [from the forbidden tree].”

14The Lord God said to the serpent,

17Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;

20The man named his wife Eve (life spring, life giver), because she was the mother of all the living.

21The Lord God made tunics of [animal] skins for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

22And the Lord God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit), knowing [how to distinguish between] good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take from the tree of life as well, and eat [its fruit], and live [in this fallen, sinful condition] forever”—

23therefore the Lord God sent Adam away from the Garden of Eden, to till and cultivate the ground from which he was taken.

24So God drove the man out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He [permanently] stationed the Cherubim are ministering angelic beings who avenge assaults on God’s holiness.cherubim and the sword with the flashing blade which turned round and round [in every direction] to protect and guard the way (entrance, access) to the tree of life.