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Genesis 3:22

World English Bible

Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”

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Genesis 3:22 in other translations

And Jehovah God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever—

Genesis 3:22 · American Standard Version

Genesis 3:22 in context

  1. 20The man called his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all the living.
  2. 21Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
  3. 22Yahweh God said, “Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he reach out his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever—”
  4. 23Therefore Yahweh God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.
  5. 24So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.