First ReadingGenesis 3:9-15, 20
From the Book of Genesis
9The Lord God called to the man,and said to him, “Where are you?”
10The man said, “I heard your voice in the garden,and I was afraid, because I was naked;so I hid myself.”
11God said, “Who told you that you were naked?Have you eaten from the treethat I commanded you not to eat from?”
12The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me,she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”
13The Lord God said to the woman, “What have you done?”
The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,you are cursed above all livestock,and above every animal of the field.You shall go on your bellyand you shall eat dust all the days of your life.15I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will bruise your head,and you will bruise his heel.”
verses 16–19 are not read20The man called his wife Evebecause she would be the mother of all the living.