June 4 – Genesis 3:1-8
The
snake was the most intelligent of all the wild animals that the Lord God had
made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say that you shouldn’t eat from any
tree in the garden?” The woman said to the snake, “We may eat the fruit of the
garden’s trees but not the fruit of the
tree in the middle of the garden. God said, ‘Don’t eat from it, and don’t touch
it, or you will die.’” The snake said to the woman, “You won’t die! God knows
that on the day you eat from it, you will see clearly and you will be like God,
knowing good and evil.” The woman saw that the tree was beautiful with
delicious food and that the tree would provide wisdom, so she took some of its
fruit and ate it, and also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he
ate it. Then they both saw clearly and knew that they were naked. So they sewed
fig leaves together and made garments for themselves. During that day’s cool
evening breeze, they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden; and
the man and his wife hid themselves from the Lord God in the middle of the
garden’s trees.*
* refer to June 3 for more information on the summer devotional posts
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