IGenesisi 3:1-6

Inyoka yayinobuqili kunazo zonke izilwane zasendle ayezenzile uSimakade uNkulunkulu. Yathi kowesifazane: “Ushilo yini uNkulunkulu ukuthi: ‘Ningalokothi nidle nakowodwa umuthi osensimini na?’ ” Waphendula owesifazane wathi: “Uthe singazidla izithelo zanoma yimuphi umuthi osensimini, kodwa uNkulunkulu wathi: ‘Ningasidli isithelo somuthi omile phakathi nensimu, futhi ningasithinti ngoba niyokufa nokufa.’ ” Kepha inyoka yathi kowesifazane: “Ngeke nife neze. Ngokuba uNkulunkulu uyazi ukuthi mhla nisidla, amehlo enu ayovuleka, nifane naye, nazi okuhle nokubi.” Owesifazane ebona ukuthi umuthi muhle, ufanele ukudliwa, nokuthi uyaheha emehlweni, uyanxaneleka ekuhlakaniphiseni, wakha izithelo zawo wadla, wanika nomyeni wakhe owayenaye lapho, naye wadla.