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GENESIS 3

Eve is convinced by a talking serpent to eat of the forbidden fruit. As punishment, the ground is cursed, Adam and Eve become mortal (because they no longer have access to the Tree of Life), and they are driven out of the garden. The entrance to the garden is then guarded by cherubim with a flaming sword.

PEOPLE: The serpent - YHWH God - Eve - Adam - cherubim

PLACES: Garden of Eden

RELATED ARTICLES: Bereishit (parsha) - Fall of Man - The Fall and freedom of the will - Tree of the knowledge of good and evil - Good and evil - Summum bonum - Evil - Forbidden fruit - Food - Original sin - Nudity - Fig leaf - Divine presence - Theophany - Biblical curses - Bible prophecy - Childbirth - Patriarchy - Thorns, spines, and prickles - Thistle - Perspiration - Bread - Death - Decomposition - Hide (skin) - Biblical clothing - Tree of Life - Immortality - Agriculture - Tillage - Cherub - Flaming sword

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