This is the account of when the Lord God made the earth and the heavens The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground And breathed into his nostrils the breath of life And the man became a living being And the Lord God commanded the man "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil For when you eat from it you will certainly die" Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made He said: "did God really say you must not eat from any tree in the garden?" The woman replied: "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden but God did say You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden our you will die" "You will not certainly die," the serpent answered "For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God" The Lord God said to the serpent "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all livestock and all wild animals You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life And I will put enmity between you and the woman And between your offspring and hers He will crush your head And you will strike His heel"