Bible Chapter Summary
Genesis 3 Summary
The Fall of Humanity
The serpent deceives Eve into eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and Adam follows. Their disobedience brings sin, shame, and death into the world. God pronounces curses but also provides the first promise of redemption through the offspring of the woman.
Key themes
Key verses
Genesis 3:6
“And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.”
Genesis 3:15
“And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.”
Genesis 3:21
“Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.”
Genesis 3:24
“So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
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