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      God created a beautiful garden in Eden, and there he placed the man he had formed. One day, the Lord God told Adam, 

      "You may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except the tree that gives knowledge of what is good and what is bad. You must not eat the fruit of that tree. If you do, you will die."

      Then, he replied.

      “Yes, the Lord God." 

      The man and the woman spent a happy life running and playing with animals in the garden. 

      They plaited a lion's mane, and each of them was racing with deers and rabbits. They used to have a great time, playing tag and hide-seek, everyday, in the garden forest filled with sweet scents. 

      Then one day, the most cunning animal snake that the Lord God had made came to the woman and told her. 

      "Hi? Have you ever eaten the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden?" 

      The woman replied.

      "No, God told us to eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except the tree in the middle of it. If we do it, we will die." 

      The snake told her. 

      "That's not true. you will not die. God said so, because he knows that when you eat it, you will be like God and know what is good and what is bad. Look! How delicious and good the fruit is! Why don't you eat it"? 

      The woman was swayed by what the snake suggested. Finally, she took some of the fruit and ate it. The, she gave some to her husband and he also ate it. 


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      After they ate the fruit, God walked into the garden. 

      God called out to the man, “Where are you?” 

      The man and the woman hid from him among the trees, because they felt ashamed of having been naked. 

      Then, God asked. 

      "What's the matter with you?" 

      He answered. 

      "The woman you put here with me gave me the fruit and I ate it." 

      Then, she said too. 

      "The snake tricked me into eating it." 

      They put their responsibility on each other. They were embarrassed of having been naked, and covered themselves with leaves. 

      Then, the Lord God said to the snake, "You will be punished for this. From now on, you will crawl on your belly, and will have to eat dust as long as you live. I will make all creations hate you." And he said to the woman, "I will increase your pain in giving birth." And he said to the man, "You will have to work hard all your life to produce enough food for you." But, the Lord God loved them and made clothes out of animal skins and clothed them. Adam named his wife 'Eve,' because she was the mother of all human beings. God sent them out of the garden, but the Lord God still loved them. 

      (Genesis 2:8-17, 3:1-3)

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