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Old Testament / Genesis / Chapter 03

The garden and the exile

Genesis 3 · 24 verses · World English Bible

01

The serpent’s question

Serpent in tree near woman, fruit species not recognizable as a claimed apple.
The serpent questioned the woman about the command concerning the tree.
Genesis 3:1–3Comic adaptation
Close view of serpent, woman listening; do not depict the serpent’s claim as a narrator’s truth.
The serpent denied that they would die, and said their eyes would be opened.
Genesis 3:4–5Comic adaptation
02

Eyes opened

Hands taking fruit, then reaction and fig-leaf coverings; no explicit nudity.
The woman ate the fruit and gave some to her husband, who ate. Their eyes opened; they sewed fig leaves together for coverings.
Genesis 3:6–7Comic adaptation
03

Where are you?

Figures hiding behind garden trees, no physical God depicted.
Hearing God in the garden, the man and woman hid. God called to the man, who answered that he was afraid.
Genesis 3:8–10Comic adaptation
Expressions of fear and blame, God represented only through separate lettering.
God asked about the tree. The man pointed to the woman, and the woman said the serpent had deceived her.
Genesis 3:11–13Comic adaptation
04

Consequences

Restrained reactions and symbolic separation; do not omit the difficult source wording from Scripture view.
God pronounced consequences for the serpent and the woman: enmity, pain, and changed relationships.
Genesis 3:14–16Comic adaptation
Thorns in foreground; earth and human hands; unembodied divine speech.
The ground was cursed because of the man. Work would be painful, and he would return to dust.
Genesis 3:17–19Comic adaptation
05

East of the garden

Clothed adult couple by garden edge; no imagined scene of animal killing.
The man named his wife Eve. God clothed them in garments of skins; access to the tree of life would not remain open.
Genesis 3:20–22Comic adaptation
Distant garden threshold with symbolic flame seen across rocky ground; no masonry required.
God sent the man out of Eden. Cherubim and a turning flaming sword guarded the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:23–24Comic adaptation
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