Then Adam and Chava heard HaShem's voice, and they tried to hide behind some trees.
HaShem called to Adam, "Where are you? Why are you hiding?"
Adam said, "I was ashamed..."
"Ashamed?! Why? Did you eat from the tree in the middle of the garden?"
"The woman you gave to me... she handed me a fruit and I ate it."
HaShem said to Chava, "What did you do?"
Chava said, "The snake tricked me! So I ate the fruit."
Since no one would accept responsibility for what they had done, and each one blamed the other, HaShem punished all of them.
To the snake HaShem said, "Because of your sin, you will be cursed among all the animals. You will no longer have legs, but will instead crawl on your belly. You'll eat dust all the days of your life! People will always be your enemy. You will try to poison them, but they might step on you and kill you!"
Besides all of this, HaShem also took away the snake's power of speech.
To Chava HaShem said, "Because of what you and Adam did, you will no longer be allowed to live forever. And when you are expecting a baby, give birth, and raise your children, it will be with great difficulty."
And finally, to Adam HaShem said, "If you had only listened to my commandment for one more hour, you would have been able to live forever in Gan Eden! Now I have to send you out. From this day on, instead of having all of your food ready to eat, fresh from My garden, you will grow your own food by the sweat of your brow. Your fields will grow weeds and thorns, and you will have to work extra hard to harvest your produce."
