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To answer Bible questions the only reference necessary is The Bible itself. Sometimes a concordance, commentary or bible dictionary can be helpful as can a lexicon of Greek and Hebrew, but usually the Bible will give the answers to biblical questions. Such is the case with this question.
The story of the Fall of Man can be found in the first few chapters of the first book of the Bible, Genesis chapters 1 through 3.
In chapter 2 God creates Adam from the dust of the earth and places him in a special garden at the headwaters of four rivers. He [God] plants trees in the garden and tells Adam that he may eat from all of the trees except the one in the very center.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, "You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.
This is the first place in the Bible where a result or repercussion of sin is spoken of. The repercussion is death.
After creating him and putting him in this special garden with instructions on what to eat and not to eat, God sees that Adam is alone and decides he needs a partner, for the purpose of which He takes a rib from Adam and uses it to create Eve. Keep in mind that Eve was not there when Adam was given the instructions from god, at least not the first time, and that fact may have contributed to the ease with which she was beguiled into doing what God had said to not do.
At any rate, she meets the serpent, he twists God's words in order to deceive her and she eats the fruit God said not to eat. In addition to eating it herself, she brings it to Adam and for whatever reason, he also eats of it. As a result of this, several things happen in the latter part of chapter 3.
- They become vulnerable to death. (Gen 2:17)
- They know shame for the first time. (Gen 2:25; Gen 3:8 & 10)
- They lose their familiarity with God. (Gen 3:9)
- They begin to blame each other, causing mutual distrust. (Gen 3:12)
- The serpent is cursed and becomes a symbol of danger. (Gen 3:14 & 15)
- The woman is cursed with suffering in childbirth. (Gen 3:16)
- The man is cursed with the need to work to feed his family. (Gen 3:17-19)
- They begin to use animal products for survival. (Gen 3:21)
- They know know good and evil. (Gen 3:22)
- They lose access to the tree of eternal life. (Gen 3:22)
- God banishes them from the garden of Eden. (Gen 3:23)
- A Cherubim [an angel] and a flaming sword are placed on the East side of the garden to guard the way to the garden of Eden. (Gen. 3:24)
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