Today's Scripture [1-9-13]

  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?
  And the woman said unto the serpent, We may
eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
  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, lest ye die.
  And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall
not surely die:
  For God doth know that in the day ye eat there-
of, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall
be as gods, knowing good and evil.
  And when the woman saw that the tree was
good for food, and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise,
she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and
gave also unto her husband with her; and he did
eat.
  And the eyes of them both were opened, and
they knew that they were naked; and they sewed
fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
  And they heard the voice of the LORD God
walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and
Adam and his wife hid themselves from the
presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of
the garden.
                     --Genesis 3:1-8 KJV

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