Bereshit, The Book of Beginnings. David B. Friedman

Bereshit, The Book of Beginnings - David B. Friedman


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eat from the tree from which I instructed you never to eat?”

      12 Then the man replied, “The woman that you gave me, she gave it to me off of the tree, and I ate it.”

      13 So the Lord God said to the woman, “What did you do?” The woman answered, “The snake misled me, and so I ate it.”

      14 The Lord God then spoke to the snake, “Because you did this, you are cursed above and beyond any other creature and animal of the field. You will crawl on your stomach, and you will eat dust for your entire life.

      15 I have also decreed that hostility will exist between you and the woman, and between your descendants and hers; (her descendant) will crush your head, but you will nip at his heels.”

      16 He then said to the woman, “I will greatly increase your suffering in childbirth; in pain you will bear children, and you will desire your husband. He will have authority over you, to protect you.”

      17 He said to the man, “Because you took your wife’s advice and you ate from the tree that I instructed you about, saying that you should not eat from it, the ground will be cursed because of you. During your entire lifetime, you will eat the ground’s produce only through hard work.

      18 Therefore, you will find thorns and thistles growing (from the ground), and you will eat the vegetation of the field.

      19 By the sweat of your eyebrows you will eat bread till the day you die. Because you were made from dust, you will return to dust.”

      21 Then the Lord God made animal skin clothing for the man and his wife, to dress them.

      23 the Lord God exiled him from the garden of delight, so that he would farm the very ground from which he was created.

      Chapter 4

      3 After a passage of some time, Cain brought some ground produce as an offering to God.

      4 Also Hevel brought of the first-born animals from his flock and from their fat produce. And God favored Hevel and his offering.

      5 But God did not particularly favor Cain and his offering. So Cain was very angry, and he carried a sad facial expression.

      6 So God told Cain, “Why are you so upset? Why do you look so down?

      10 Then God said, “What did you do? Your brother’s blood cries out loudly to me from the ground!

      11 Because the ground has absorbed your brother’s blood that you shed, you have brought curses upon yourself!

      12 When you farm the ground, it will not be fruitful and yield crops for you. Instead, you will now be a nomad and wanderer throughout the earth.”

      13 Then Cain complained to God, “This is too harsh of a punishment for me to bear!

      14 Today you banished me from everyone’s presence, as well as from Your presence. I will be a nomad and wanderer upon the earth, and everyone who sees me will try to kill me.”

      15 God then said to him, “So anyone who tries to kill Cain will suffer curses seven-fold . . . and God will put on Cain a sign so that all who find him will know not to attack him.”

      16 So Cain had to leave God’s presence, and he settled in the region of Nod, just east of Eden.

      17 Afterward, Cain had intimate relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Hanoch. [Cain] then built a town and named it Hanoch, after


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