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| − | The '''Fall of Man''', or more simply '''The Fall''', is one of the central events in the mythology of the [[Abraham]]ic faiths. The story is told in the third chapter of the Book of Genesis (following [[The Creation]] in ch. 1 | + | The '''Fall of Man''', or more simply '''The Fall''', is one of the central events in the mythology of the [[Abraham]]ic faiths. The story is told in the third chapter of the Book of Genesis (following the accounts of [[The Creation]] in ch. 1 & 2), ending with Adam being placed in the [[Garden of Eden]], with one command being given him: "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God created Eve to be a companion to Adam at this point. |
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Revision as of 14:16, 5 February 2011
The Fall of Man, or more simply The Fall, is one of the central events in the mythology of the Abrahamic faiths. The story is told in the third chapter of the Book of Genesis (following the accounts of The Creation in ch. 1 & 2), ending with Adam being placed in the Garden of Eden, with one command being given him: "Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: "Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." God created Eve to be a companion to Adam at this point.
The serpent, "more subtle than any beast of the field" (and usually equated, though not in Genesis, with Satan, for example by Milton) came to Eve
