¹⁶ The Lord God gave the man a command. He said, “You may eat fruit from any tree in the garden.

¹⁷ But you must not eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you do, you will certainly die.”

¹¹ The Lord God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten fruit from the tree I commanded you not to eat from?”

¹² The man said, “It’s the fault of the woman you put here with me. She gave me some fruit from the tree. And I ate it.”

¹³ Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”

The woman said, “The serpent tricked me. That’s why I ate the fruit.”

¹⁴ So the Lord God spoke to the serpent. He said, “Because you have done this,

¹⁶ The Lord God said to the woman,

¹⁷ The Lord God said to Adam, “You listened to your wife’s suggestion. You ate fruit from the tree I warned you about. I said, ‘You must not eat its fruit.’

¹⁰ Now then, who are you to judge your brother or sister? Why do you act like you’re better than they are? We will all stand in God’s courtroom to be judged. ¹¹ It is written,

¹² So we will all have to explain to God the things we have done.

¹³ Nothing God created is hidden from him. His eyes see everything. He will hold us responsible for everything we do.