¹⁶ And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden;^(A)

¹⁷ but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,^(A) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”^(B)

³ but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’”^(A)

⁷ If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? But if you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door;^(A) it desires to have you, but you must rule over it.^(B)”

¹⁹ For I have chosen him^(A), so that he will direct his children^(B) and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord^(C) by doing what is right and just,^(D) so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”^(E)

⁵ Now if you obey me fully^(A) and keep my covenant,^(B) then out of all nations you will be my treasured possession.^(C) Although the whole earth^(D) is mine,

³ “‘If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey^(A) my commands, ⁴ I will send you rain^(B) in its season,^(C) and the ground will yield its crops and the trees their fruit.^{(D) 5} Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want^(E) and live in safety in your land.^(F)

⁶ “‘I will grant peace in the land,^(G) and you will lie down^(H) and no one will make you afraid.^(I) I will remove wild beasts^(J) from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. ⁷ You will pursue your enemies,^(K) and they will fall by the sword before you. ⁸ Five^(L) of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.^(M)

⁹ “‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers,^(N) and I will keep my covenant^(O) with you. ¹⁰ You will still be eating last year’s harvest when you will have to move it out to make room for the new.^{(P) 11} I will put my dwelling place^[a](Q) among you, and I will not abhor you.^{(R) 12} I will walk^(S) among you and be your God,^(T) and you will be my people.^{(U) 13} I am the Lord your God,^(V) who brought you out of Egypt^(W) so that you would no longer be slaves to the Egyptians; I broke the bars of your yoke^(X) and enabled you to walk with heads held high.

Punishment for Disobedience

¹⁴ “‘But if you will not listen to me and carry out all these commands,^{(Y) 15} and if you reject my decrees and abhor my laws^(Z) and fail to carry out all my commands and so violate my covenant,^{(AA) 16} then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever^(AB) that will destroy your sight and sap your strength.^(AC) You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.^{(AD) 17} I will set my face^(AE) against you so that you will be defeated^(AF) by your enemies;^(AG) those who hate you will rule over you,^(AH) and you will flee even when no one is pursuing you.^(AI)

¹⁸ “‘If after all this you will not listen to me,^(AJ) I will punish^(AK) you for your sins seven times over.^{(AL) 19} I will break down your stubborn pride^(AM) and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.^{(AN) 20} Your strength will be spent in vain,^(AO) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.^(AP)

²¹ “‘If you remain hostile^(AQ) toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over,^(AR) as your sins deserve. ²² I will send wild animals^(AS) against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few^(AT) in number that your roads will be deserted.^(AU)

²³ “‘If in spite of these things you do not accept my correction^(AV) but continue to be hostile toward me, ²⁴ I myself will be hostile^(AW) toward you and will afflict you for your sins seven times over. ²⁵ And I will bring the sword^(AX) on you to avenge^(AY) the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague^(AZ) among you, and you will be given into enemy hands. ²⁶ When I cut off your supply of bread,^(BA) ten women will be able to bake your bread in one oven, and they will dole out the bread by weight. You will eat, but you will not be satisfied.

²⁷ “‘If in spite of this you still do not listen to me^(BB) but continue to be hostile toward me, ²⁸ then in my anger^(BC) I will be hostile^(BD) toward you, and I myself will punish you for your sins seven times over.^(BE)