Bereshiyth (Genesis) Chapter 3
1 והנחשׁ היה ערום מכל חית השׂדה אשׁר עשׂה יהוה אלהים ויאמר אל־האשׁה אף כי־אמר אלהים לא תאכלו מכל עץ הגן׃
1 wahanachash hayah ‘arum mikol chayat hasadeh asher ‘asah YHWH elohiym wayomer el haishah af kiy amar elohiym lo tokhalu mikol ‘ets hagan:
1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which YHWH Elohim had made. He said to the woman, “Has Elohim really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
2 ותאמר האשׁה אל־הנחשׁ מפרי עץ־הגן נאכל׃
2 watomer haishah el hanachash mipariy ‘ets hagan nokhel:
2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
3 ומפרי העץ אשׁר בתוך־הגן אמר אלהים לא תאכלו ממנו ולא תגעו בו פן־תמתון׃
3 umipariy ha’ets asher batokh hagan amar elohiym lo tokhalu mimenu walo tiga’u bo pen tamutun:
3 but not the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden. Elohim has said, ‘You shall not eat of it. You shall not touch it, lest you die.’”
4 ויאמר הנחשׁ אל־האשׁה לא־מות תמתון׃
4 wayomer hanachash el haishah lo mot tamutun:
4 The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
5 כי ידע אלהים כי ביום אכלכם ממנו ונפקחו עיניכם והייתם כאלהים ידעי טוב ורע׃
5 kiy yode’a elohiym kiy bayom akhalakhem mimenu wanifaqachu ‘eyneykhem wihayiytem kelohiym yoda’ey thov wara’:
5 for Elohim knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like Elohim, knowing good and evil.”
6 ותרא האשׁה כי טוב העץ למאכל וכי תאוה־הוא לעינים ונחמד העץ להשׂכיל ותקח מפריו ותאכל ותתן גם־לאישׁה עמה ויאכל׃
6 watere haishah kiy thov ha’ets lamaakhal wakhiy taawah hu la’eynayim wanechamad ha’ets lahasakiyl watiqach mipirayo watokhal watiten gam laiyshah ‘imah wayokhal:
6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took some of its fruit, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate it, too.
7 ותפקחנה עיני שׁניהם וידעו כי עירמם הם ויתפרו עלה תאנה ויעשׂו להם חגרת׃
7 watipaqachanah ‘eyney shaneyhem wayeda’u kiy ‘eyrumim hem wayitaparu ‘aleh taenah waya’asu lahem chagorot:
7 Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
8 וישׁמעו את־קול יהוה אלהים מתהלך בגן לרוח היום ויתחבא האדם ואשׁתו מפני יהוה אלהים בתוך עץ הגן׃
8 wayishama’u et qol YHWH elohiym mitahalekh bagan laruach hayom wayitachabe haadam waishato mipaney YHWH elohiym batokh ‘ets hagan:
8 They heard YHWH Elohim’s voice walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the face of YHWH Elohim among the trees of the garden.
9 ויקרא יהוה אלהים אל־האדם ויאמר לו איכה׃
9 wayiqara YHWH elohiym el haadam wayomer lo ayekah:
9 YHWH Elohim called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?”
10 ויאמר את־קלך שׁמעתי בגן ואירא כי־עירם אנכי ואחבא׃
10 wayomer et qolakha shama’atiy bagan waiyra kiy ‘eyrom anokhiy waechave:
10 The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.”
11 ויאמר מי הגיד לך כי עירם אתה המן־העץ אשׁר צויתיך לבלתי אכל־ממנו אכלת׃
11 wayomer miy higiyd lakha kiy ‘eyrom atah hamin ha’ets asher tsiuiytiykha lavilatiy akhal mimenu akhalata:
11 Elohim said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”
12 ויאמר האדם האשׁה אשׁר נתתה עמדי הוא נתנה־לי מן־העץ ואכל׃
12 wayomer haadam haishah asher natatah ‘imadiy hiw natanah liy min ha’ets waokhel:
12 The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13 ויאמר יהוה אלהים לאשׁה מה־זאת עשׂית ותאמר האשׁה הנחשׁ השׁיאני ואכל׃
13 wayomer YHWH elohiym laishah mah zot ‘asiyt watomer haishah hanachash hishiyaniy waokhel:
13 YHWH Elohim said to the woman, “What have you done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 ויאמר יהוה אלהים אל־הנחשׁ כי עשׂית זאת ארור אתה מכל־הבהמה ומכל חית השׂדה על־גחנך תלך ועפר תאכל כל־ימי חייך׃
14 wayomer YHWH elohiym el hanachash kiy ‘asiyta zot arur atah mikal habahemah umikol chayat hasadeh ‘al gachonakha telekh wa’afar tokhal kal yamey chayeykha:
14 YHWH Elohim said to the serpent, “Because you have done this, you are cursed above all livestock, and above every beast of the field. You shall go on your belly and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
15 ואיבה אשׁית בינך ובין האשׁה ובין זרעך ובין זרעה הוא ישׁופך ראשׁ ואתה תשׁופנו עקב׃
15 waeyvah ashiyt beynakha uveyn haishah uveyn zara’akha uveyn zara’ah hu yashufakha rosh waatah tashufenu ‘aqev:
15 I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed. He will bruise your head, and you will bruise his heel.”
16 אל־האשׁה אמר הרבה ארבה עצבונך והרנך בעצב תלדי בנים ואל־אישׁך תשׁוקתך והוא ימשׁל־בך׃
16 el haishah amar harabah arabeh ‘itsavonekh waheronekh ba’etsev teladiy vaniym wael iyshekh tashuqatekh wahu yimashal bakh:
16 To the woman he said, “I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bear children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
17 ולאדם אמר כי־שׁמעת לקול אשׁתך ותאכל מן־העץ אשׁר צויתיך לאמר לא תאכל ממנו ארורה האדמה בעבורך בעצבון תאכלנה כל ימי חייך׃
17 ulaadam amar kiy shama’ata laqol ishatekha watokhal min ha’ets asher tsiuiytiykha lemor lo tokhal mimenu arurah haadamah ba’avurekha ba’itsavon tokhalenah kol yamey chayeykha:
17 To Adam he said, “Because you have listened to your wife’s voice, and ate from the tree, about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ the ground is cursed for your sake. You will eat from it with much labor all the days of your life.
18 וקוץ ודרדר תצמיח לך ואכלת את־עשׂב השׂדה׃
18 waqots wadaradar tatsamiyach lakh waakhalata et ‘esev hasadeh:
18 It will yield thorns and thistles to you; and you will eat the herb of the field.
19 בזעת אפיך תאכל לחם עד שׁובך אל־האדמה כי ממנה לקחת כי־עפר אתה ואל־עפר תשׁוב׃
19 baze’at apeykha tokhal lechem ‘ad shuvakha el haadamah kiy mimenah luqachata kiy ‘afar atah wael ‘afar tashuv:
19 By the sweat of your face will you eat bread until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken. For you are dust, and to dust you shall return.”
20 ויקרא האדם שׁם אשׁתו חוה כי הוא היתה אם כל־חי׃
20 wayiqara haadam shem ishato chauah kiy hiw hayatah em kal chay:
20 The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
21 ויעשׂ יהוה אלהים לאדם ולאשׁתו כתנות עור וילבשׁם׃
21 waya’as YHWH elohiym laadam ulaishato katanot ‘or wayalabishem:
21 YHWH Elohim made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
22 ויאמר יהוה אלהים הן האדם היה כאחד ממנו לדעת טוב ורע ועתה פן־ישׁלח ידו ולקח גם מעץ החיים ואכל וחי לעלם׃
22 wayomer YHWH elohiym hen haadam hayah kaachad mimenu lada’at thov wara’ wa’atah pen yishalach yado walaqach gam me’ets hachayiym waakhal wachay la’olam:
22 YHWH Elohim said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”
23 וישׁלחהו יהוה אלהים מגן־עדן לעבד את־האדמה אשׁר לקח משׁם׃
23 wayashalachehu YHWH elohiym migan ‘eden la’avod et haadamah asher luqach misham:
23 Therefore YHWH Elohim sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
24 ויגרשׁ את־האדם וישׁכן מקדם לגן־עדן את־הכרבים ואת להט החרב המתהפכת לשׁמר את־דרך עץ החיים׃
24 wayagaresh et haadam wayashaken miqedem lagan ‘eden et hakaruviym waet lahath hacherev hamitahapekhet lishamor et derekh ‘ets hachayiym:
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.