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The Serpent’s Deception

Genesis 3:2

In 11 translations

BSB
The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
KJV
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
WEB
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,
ASV
And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
LSV
And the woman says to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we eat,
YLT
And the woman saith unto the serpent, 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
DBY
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
DRC
And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:
GNV
And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,
JPS
And the woman said unto the serpent: 'Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat;
LXXE
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden,

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַתֹּ֥אמֶר הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה אֶל־הַנָּחָ֑שׁ מִפְּרִ֥י עֵֽץ־הַגָּ֖ן נֹאכֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνὴ τῷ ὄφει, ἀπὸ καρποῦ τοῦ ξύλου τοῦ παραδείσου φαγούμεθα·

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  • Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,

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