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Genesis 3:6

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Genesis 3:6 · BSB

5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

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The Berean Standard Bible rendered in the vocabulary of the ancient world — firmament, Sheol, ascension offering — with the translators' notes shown inline. About this translation

5“For God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like gods, knowing good and evil.”

  • Heb. כֵּאלֹהִים (ke'elohim), 'like elohim/divine beings.' The same word used for members of the divine council. Genesis 3:22 confirms the reference: “the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil.”

6When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

7And the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; so they sewed together fig leaves and made coverings for themselves.

King James Version +

The 1611 translation, in its familiar form.

5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

6And 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.

7And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.