1 The serpent was more clever than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. The serpent said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat the fruit of any tree that is in the garden'?"
2 The woman said to the serpent, "We can eat the fruit of the trees that are in the garden.
3 But God did say, 'You must not eat the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden. Do not even touch it. If you do, you will die.' "
4 "You can be sure that you won't die," the serpent said to the woman.