The Serpent’s Lie
Genesis 3:1-15 NIV

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Use the words from the Word list to fill in the blanks in the story.

HUSBAND
ATE
SERPENT
GARDEN
EAT
DIE
HID

FIG
CURSED
DECEIVED
ENMITY TOUCH
CRUSH
EVIL
EYES
GOOD
OFFSPRING
DESIRABLE
COVERINGS
COMMANDED
SOUND
PLEASING
NAKED
FRUIT
 

The ______ was more crafty than any of the wild animals God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not ____ from any tree in the ______'?" She answered the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God said, 'You must not eat _____ from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not ______ it, or you will _____.'"

"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman. "For God knows that when you eat of it your _____ will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing ______ and _____."

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and ________ to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and _____ it. She also gave some to her _______, who was with her, and he ate it. Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized they were ______; so they sewed _____ leaves together and made _________ for themselves.

When they heard the ______ of the God as he was walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and they ____ from Him among the trees of the garden. God called to the man, "Where are you? The man answered, "I heard you in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid." And God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I ______________ you not to eat from?" The man said, "The woman you put here with me — she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it." Then the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent _________ me, and I ate."

So the LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, "_______ are you above all the livestock and all the wild animals! You will crawl on your belly and you will eat dust all the days of your life.

And I will put ________ between you and the woman, and between your __________ and hers; he will _____ your head, and you will strike his heel."

Adam and Eve were sent to live outside the Garden.