- Genesis 2:20
וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁמוֹת לְכׇל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּלְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּלְכֹל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וּלְאָדָם לֹא־מָצָא עֵזֶר כְּנֶגְדּוֹ׃
And the Human gave names to all the cattle and to the birds of the sky and to all the wild beasts; but no fitting counterpart for a human being was found.
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרָא אָדָם שְׁמָהָן לְכָל בְּעִירָא וּלְעוֹפָא דִּשְׁמַיָּא וּלְכֹל חַיַּת בָּרָא וּלְאָדָם לָא אַשְׁכַּח סְמָךְ כְּקִבְלֵיהּ׃
The man gave names to every animal, to the birds of the heaven, and to every beast of the field, but the man did not find a helper for himself.
- Genesis 2:21
וַיַּפֵּל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָה עַל־הָאָדָם וַיִּישָׁן וַיִּקַּח אַחַת מִצַּלְעֹתָיו וַיִּסְגֹּר בָּשָׂר תַּחְתֶּנָּה׃
So the ETERNAL God cast a deep sleep upon the Human; and, while he slept, [God] took one of his sides and closed up the flesh at that site.
Targum Onkelos
וּרְמָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים שִׁינְתָא עַל אָדָם וּדְמוּךְ וּנְסֵיב חֲדָא מֵעִלְעוֹהִי וּמַלִּי בִּשְׂרָא תְּחוֹתַהּ׃
Adonoy Elohim caused unconsciousness to fall upon the man and he slept. He took one of his ribs and closed over [filled] flesh in its place.
- Genesis 2:22
וַיִּבֶן יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ אֶת־הַצֵּלָע אֲשֶׁר־לָקַח מִן־הָאָדָם לְאִשָּׁה וַיְבִאֶהָ אֶל־הָאָדָם׃
And the ETERNAL God fashioned the side that had been taken from the Human into a woman, bringing her to the Human.
Targum Onkelos
וּבְנָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים יָת עִלְעָא דִּנְסֵיב מִן אָדָם לְאִתְּתָא וְאַיְתְיַהּ לְוָת אָדָם׃
Adonoy Elohim built the rib that He took from the man into a woman, and He brought her to the man.
- Genesis 2:23
וַיֹּאמֶר הָאָדָם זֹאת הַפַּעַם עֶצֶם מֵעֲצָמַי וּבָשָׂר מִבְּשָׂרִי לְזֹאת יִקָּרֵא אִשָּׁה כִּי מֵאִישׁ לֻקְחָה־זֹּאת׃
Then the Human said, “This one at last Is bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh. This one shall be called the Woman, For from the Man was she taken.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר אָדָם הָדָא זִמְנָא גַּרְמָא מִגַּרְמַי וּבִסְרָא מִבִּסְרִי לְדָא יִתְקְרֵי אִתְּתָא אֲרֵי מִבַּעְלַהּ נְסִיבָא דָּא׃
The man said: This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh. This shall be called Woman, for from Man [husband] was she taken.
- Genesis 2:24
עַל־כֵּן יַעֲזׇב־אִישׁ אֶת־אָבִיו וְאֶת־אִמּוֹ וְדָבַק בְּאִשְׁתּוֹ וְהָיוּ לְבָשָׂר אֶחָד׃
Hence a man leaves his father and mother and clings to his wife, so that they become one flesh.
Targum Onkelos
עַל כֵּן יִשְׁבּוֹק גְּבַר בֵּית מִשְׁכְּבֵי אֲבוּהִי וְאִמֵּיהּ וְיִדְבּוֹק בְּאִתְּתֵיהּ וִיהוֹן לְבִסְרָא חַד׃
Therefore, a man shall leave [the house where] his father and his mother [sleep], and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
- Genesis 2:25
וַיִּהְיוּ שְׁנֵיהֶם עֲרוּמִּים הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ וְלֹא יִתְבֹּשָׁשׁוּ׃
The two of them were naked, the Human and his wife, yet they felt no shame.
Targum Onkelos
וַהֲווֹ תַּרְוֵיהוֹן עַרְטִלָּאִין אָדָם וְאִתְּתֵיהּ וְלָא מִתְכַּלְמִין׃
The two of them were naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed.
- Genesis 3:1
וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אַף כִּי־אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִכֹּל עֵץ הַגָּן׃
Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild beasts that the ETERNAL God had made. It said to the woman, “Did God really say: You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?”
Targum Onkelos
וְחִוְיָא הֲוָה חֲכִים מִכֹּל חַיַּת בָּרָא דַּעֲבַד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים וַאֲמַר לְאִתְּתָא בְּקוּשְׁטָא אֲמַר יְיָ לָא תֵּיכְלוּן מִכֹּל אִילָן גִּנְּתָא׃
The serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which Adonoy Elohim made; and it said to the woman, Did Elohim even [truly] say that you should not eat from all the trees of the Garden?
- Genesis 3:2
וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ מִפְּרִי עֵץ־הַגָּן נֹאכֵל׃
The woman replied to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the other trees of the garden.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמֶרֶת אִתְּתָא לְחִוְיָא מִפֵּירֵי אִילָן גִּנְּתָא נֵיכוֹל׃
The woman said to the serpent, From the fruit of the trees of the Garden we may eat.
- Genesis 3:3
וּמִפְּרִי הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר בְּתוֹךְ־הַגָּן אָמַר אֱלֹהִים לֹא תֹאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ וְלֹא תִגְּעוּ בּוֹ פֶּן־תְּמֻתוּן׃
It is only about fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or touch it, lest you die.’”
Targum Onkelos
וּמִפֵּירֵי אִילָנָא דְּבִמְצִיעוּת גִּנְּתָא אֲמַר יְיָ לָא תֵּיכְלוּן מִנֵּיהּ וְלָא תִּקְרְבוּן בֵּיהּ דִּלְמָא תְּמוּתוּן׃
But of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the Garden, Elohim said, You shall not eat from it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.
- Genesis 3:4
וַיֹּאמֶר הַנָּחָשׁ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה לֹא־מוֹת תְּמֻתוּן׃
And the serpent said to the woman, “You are not going to die,
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר חִוְיָא לְאִתְּתָא לָא מְמָת תְּמוּתוּן׃
The serpent said to the woman, You certainly will not die.
- Genesis 3:5
כִּי יֹדֵעַ אֱלֹהִים כִּי בְּיוֹם אֲכׇלְכֶם מִמֶּנּוּ וְנִפְקְחוּ עֵינֵיכֶם וִהְיִיתֶם כֵּאלֹהִים יֹדְעֵי טוֹב וָרָע׃
but God knows that as soon as you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like divine beings who know good and bad.”
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי גְּלֵי קֳדָם יְיָ אֲרֵי בְּיוֹמָא דְּתֵיכְלוּן מִנֵּיהּ יִתְפַּתְּחָן עֵינֵיכוֹן וּתְהוֹן כְּרַבְרְבִין חָכְמִין בֵּין טָב לְבִישׁ׃
For [it is revealed before] Elohim (knows) that on the day you will eat from it, your eyes will be opened, and you will become as gods [great ones], knowing what is good and what is evil.
- Genesis 3:6
וַתֵּרֶא הָאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַאֲוָה־הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם־לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַל׃
When the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable as a source of wisdom, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave some to her husband, and he ate.
Targum Onkelos
וַחֲזָת אִתְּתָא אֲרֵי טָב אִילָנָא לְמֵיכַל וַאֲרֵי אָסוּ הוּא לְעַיְנִין וּמְרַגַּג אִילָנָא לְאִסְתַּכָּלָא בֵּיהּ וּנְסֵיבַת מֵאִבֵּיהּ וַאֲכַלַת וִיהַבַת אַף לְבַעְלַהּ עִמַּהּ וַאֲכַל׃
The woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was tempting [healing] to the eyes, and that the tree was appealing [to look at] as a means of [obtaining] wisdom. She took of its fruit and she ate, and she also gave it to her husband with her, and he ate.
- Genesis 3:7
וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם וַיֵּדְעוּ כִּי עֵירֻמִּם הֵם וַיִּתְפְּרוּ עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה וַיַּעֲשׂוּ לָהֶם חֲגֹרֹת׃
Then the eyes of both of them were opened and they perceived that they were naked; and they sewed together fig leaves and made themselves loincloths.
Targum Onkelos
וְאִתְפַּתַּחָא עֵינֵי תַּרְוֵיהוֹן וִידַעוּ אֲרֵי עַרְטִלָּאִין אִנּוּן וְחָטִיטוּ לְהוֹן טַרְפֵי תֵּינִין וַעֲבַדוּ לְהוֹן זְרָזִין׃
The eyes of both of them were opened, and they realized that they were naked. They sewed together fig leaves, and made for themselves loincloths.
- Genesis 3:8
וַיִּשְׁמְעוּ אֶת־קוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים מִתְהַלֵּךְ בַּגָּן לְרוּחַ הַיּוֹם וַיִּתְחַבֵּא הָאָדָם וְאִשְׁתּוֹ מִפְּנֵי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים בְּתוֹךְ עֵץ הַגָּן׃
They heard the sound of the ETERNAL God moving about in the garden at the breezy time of day; and the Human and his wife hid from the ETERNAL God among the trees of the garden.
Targum Onkelos
וּשְׁמַעוּ יָת קָל מֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלֹהִים מְהַלֵּךְ בְּגִנְּתָא לִמְנָח יוֹמָא וְאִטְּמַר אָדָם וְאִתְּתֵיהּ מִן קֳדָם יְיָ אֱלֹהִים בְּגוֹ אִילָן גִּנְּתָא׃
They heard the voice of [the Word of] Adonoy Elohim moving in the Garden at the breeze [in the evening] of the day. The man and his wife hid themselves from [the Presence of] Adonoy Elohim among the trees of the Garden.
- Genesis 3:9
וַיִּקְרָא יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל־הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶּכָּה׃
The ETERNAL God called out to the Human and said to him, “Where are you?”
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרָא יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ אָן אַתְּ׃
Adonoy Elohim called to the man, and He said, Where are you?
- Genesis 3:10
וַיֹּאמֶר אֶת־קֹלְךָ שָׁמַעְתִּי בַּגָּן וָאִירָא כִּי־עֵירֹם אָנֹכִי וָאֵחָבֵא׃
He replied, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יָת קָל מֵימְרָךְ שְׁמַעִית בְּגִנְּתָא וּדְחֵילִית אֲרֵי עַרְטִלַּאי אֲנָא וְאִטְּמַרִית׃
He said, I heard Your voice [the voice of Your Word] in the Garden, and I was afraid because I was naked, so I hid myself.
- Genesis 3:11
וַיֹּאמֶר מִי הִגִּיד לְךָ כִּי עֵירֹם אָתָּה הֲמִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לְבִלְתִּי אֲכׇל־מִמֶּנּוּ אָכָלְתָּ׃
“Who told you that you were naked? Did you eat of the tree from which I had forbidden you to eat?”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר מַאן חַוִּי לָךְ אֲרֵי עַרְטִלַּאי אַתְּ הֲמִן אִילָנָא דְּפַקֵּידְתָּךְ בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְמֵיכַל מִנֵּיהּ אֲכַלְתָּא׃
And He said, Who told you that you were naked? From the tree whereof I commanded you not to eat of it, have you eaten?
- Genesis 3:12
וַיֹּאמֶר הָאָדָם הָאִשָּׁה אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה עִמָּדִי הִוא נָתְנָה־לִּי מִן־הָעֵץ וָאֹכֵל׃
The Human said, “The woman You put at my side—she gave me of the tree, and I ate.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר אָדָם אִתְּתָא דִּיהַבְתְּ עִמִּי הִיא יְהַבַת לִי מִן אִילָנָא וַאֲכַלִית׃
The man said, The woman that You gave to be with me—she gave me of the tree and I ate.
- Genesis 3:13
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים לָאִשָּׁה מַה־זֹּאת עָשִׂית וַתֹּאמֶר הָאִשָּׁה הַנָּחָשׁ הִשִּׁיאַנִי וָאֹכֵל׃
And the ETERNAL God said to the woman, “What is this you have done!” The woman replied, “The serpent duped me, and I ate.”
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְאִתְּתָא מָא דָּא עֲבַדְתְּ וַאֲמַרַת אִתְּתָא חִוְיָא אַטְעְיַנִי וַאֲכַלִית׃
Adonoy Elohim said to the woman, What is this that you have done? She said, The serpent deceived me, and I ate.
- Genesis 3:14
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים ׀ אֶל־הַנָּחָשׁ כִּי עָשִׂיתָ זֹּאת אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכׇּל־הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל־גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כׇּל־יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃
Then the ETERNAL God said to the serpent, “Because you did this, More cursed shall you be Than all cattle And all the wild beasts: On your belly shall you crawl And dirt shall you eat All the days of your life.
Targum Onkelos
וַאֲמַר יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְחִוְיָא אֲרֵי עֲבַדְתְּ דָּא לִיט אַתְּ מִכָּל בְּעִירָא וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת בָּרָא עַל מְעָךְ תֵּיזֵיל וְעַפְרָא תֵּיכוֹל כָּל יוֹמֵי חַיָּךְ׃
Adonoy Elohim said to the serpent, Because you did this, cursed are you from among all animals and beasts of the field. On your belly you shall crawl. And dust you shall eat all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:15
וְאֵיבָה ׀ אָשִׁית בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָאִשָּׁה וּבֵין זַרְעֲךָ וּבֵין זַרְעָהּ הוּא יְשׁוּפְךָ רֹאשׁ וְאַתָּה תְּשׁוּפֶנּוּ עָקֵב׃
I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your offspring and hers; They shall strike at your head, And you shall strike at their heel.”
Targum Onkelos
וּדְבָבוּ אֲשַׁוֵּי בֵּינָךְ וּבֵין אִתְּתָא וּבֵין בְּנָךְ וּבֵין בְּנַהָא הוּא יְהֵי דְּכִיר מָא דַּעֲבַדְתְּ לֵיהּ מִלְּקַדְמִין וְאַתְּ תְּהֵי נָטַר לֵיהּ לְסוֹפָא׃
I will put hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He shall strike you on the head, and you shall strike him on the heel. [He will remember you, what you did to him from the beginning, and you will expect him at the end].
- Genesis 3:16
אֶל־הָאִשָּׁה אָמַר הַרְבָּה אַרְבֶּה עִצְּבוֹנֵךְ וְהֵרֹנֵךְ בְּעֶצֶב תֵּלְדִי בָנִים וְאֶל־אִישֵׁךְ תְּשׁוּקָתֵךְ וְהוּא יִמְשׇׁל־בָּךְ׃
And to the woman [God] said, “I will greatly expand Your toil—and your pregnancies; In hardship shall you bear children. Yet your urge shall be for your husband, And his will shall prevail over yours.”
Targum Onkelos
לְאִתְּתָא אֲמַר אַסְגָּאָה אַסְגֵּי צַעֲרַכִי וְעִדּוּיַיכִי בִּצְעַר תְּלִידִין בְּנִין וּלְוָת בַּעְלִיךְ תְּהֵי תֵּיאוּבְתִּיךְ וְהוּא יִשְׁלוֹט בִּיךְ׃
To the woman He said, I will greatly increase your sorrow and your pregnancy. You will give birth to children with pain. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will dominate you.
- Genesis 3:17
וּלְאָדָם אָמַר כִּי־שָׁמַעְתָּ לְקוֹל אִשְׁתֶּךָ וַתֹּאכַל מִן־הָעֵץ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִיךָ לֵאמֹר לֹא תֹאכַל מִמֶּנּוּ אֲרוּרָה הָאֲדָמָה בַּעֲבוּרֶךָ בְּעִצָּבוֹן תֹּאכְלֶנָּה כֹּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃
To Adam [God] said, “Because you did as your wife said and ate of the tree about which I commanded you, ‘You shall not eat of it,’ Cursed be the ground because of you; By toil shall you eat of it All the days of your life:
Targum Onkelos
וּלְאָדָם אֲמַר אֲרֵי קַבֵּילְתָּא לְמֵימַר אִתְּתָךְ וַאֲכַלְתְּ מִן אִילָנָא דְּפַקֵּידְתָּךְ לְמֵימַר לָא תֵּיכוֹל מִנֵּיהּ לִיטָא אַרְעָא בְּדִילָךְ בַּעֲמַל תֵּיכְלִנַּהּ כֹּל יוֹמֵי חַיָּיךְ׃
To the man He said, Because you listened to your wife, and ate from the tree which I commanded you, saying, Do not eat from it; the soil will be cursed because of you. In sorrow [With toil] you shall eat from it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:18
וְקוֹץ וְדַרְדַּר תַּצְמִיחַ לָךְ וְאָכַלְתָּ אֶת־עֵשֶׂב הַשָּׂדֶה׃
Thorns and thistles shall it sprout for you. But your food shall be the grasses of the field;
Targum Onkelos
וְכוּבִּין וְאָטְדִין תְּצַמַּח לָךְ וְתֵיכוֹל יָת עִסְבָּא דְּחַקְלָא׃
It will grow thorns and thistles for you; and you will eat the herbs of the field.
- Genesis 3:19
בְּזֵעַת אַפֶּיךָ תֹּאכַל לֶחֶם עַד שׁוּבְךָ אֶל־הָאֲדָמָה כִּי מִמֶּנָּה לֻקָּחְתָּ כִּי־עָפָר אַתָּה וְאֶל־עָפָר תָּשׁוּב׃
By the sweat of your brow Shall you get bread to eat, Until you return to the ground— For from it you were taken. For dust you are, And to dust you shall return.”
Targum Onkelos
בְּזֵיעֲתָא דְּאַפָּךְ תֵּיכוֹל לַחְמָא עַד דְּתִתָּתַב לְאַרְעָא דְּמִנַּהּ אִתְבְּרִיתָא אֲרֵי עַפְרָא אַתְּ וּלְעַפְרָא תְּתוּב׃
By the sweat of your face you will eat bread, until you return to the ground for from it [the ground] were you taken [created]. For you are dust and to dust you shall return.
- Genesis 3:20
וַיִּקְרָא הָאָדָם שֵׁם אִשְׁתּוֹ חַוָּה כִּי הִוא הָיְתָה אֵם כׇּל־חָי׃
The Human named his wife Eve, because she was the mother of all the living.
Targum Onkelos
וּקְרָא אָדָם שׁוֹם אִתְּתֵיהּ חַוָּה אֲרֵי הִיא הֲוָת אִמָּא דְּכָל בְּנֵי אֲנָשָׁא׃
The man called his wife’s name Chavah, [Eve] because she had become the mother of all living [people].
- Genesis 3:21
וַיַּעַשׂ יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִשְׁתּוֹ כׇּתְנוֹת עוֹר וַיַּלְבִּשֵׁם׃
And the ETERNAL God made garments of skins for Adam and his wife, and clothed them.
Targum Onkelos
וַעֲבַד יְיָ אֱלֹהִים לְאָדָם וּלְאִתְּתֵיהּ לְבוּשִׁין דִּיקָר עַל מְשַׁךְ בִּסְרְהוֹן וְאַלְבֵּישִׁנּוּן׃
And Adonoy Elohim made for Adam and his wife leather coats [garments of honor on the skin of their flesh] and He clothed them.