Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Genesis 3:4
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“You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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The serpent said to the woman, “You won’t really die,
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And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:
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Genesis 3
2 The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,
3 but about the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.’”
4 “You will not surely die,” the serpent told the woman.
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.”
6 When 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.
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