The first
man God created. |
|
God said you shall not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good
and evil.
(Gen 2:17)
Fourth
century mosaic
from Caesarea
|
God created Adam
from dust and placed him in the garden of Eden to till the earth. God
told Adam that he could eat the fruit of every tree in the garden except
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. When God saw that it was not
good for the man to be alone, he created Eve, the
first woman. Eve ate the forbidden fruit then gave some to Adam who also
ate it, then blamed Eve for making him do so. Because of his disobedience,
God told Adam that he would labor hard for his food, eating bread by the
sweat of his brow. To prevent Adam and Eve from eating from the tree of
life so that they would live forever, God drove them out of the garden
of Eden. Adam was the father of Cain and Abel.
Gen
2:7 - Created by God
|