God created the world for 6 days and on the seventh day when he finished, he took the day off and sanctified it. God then created Adam and told him that he was to live in the Garden of Eden and he told him that he could eat any fruit from any tree except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil or he would die. God told Adam he was going to get him help and took one of his ribs while he was asleep and created a woman naved Eve. They were both naked around each other and were never ashamed.
The Fall
The serpent convinced Eve to take a fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The serpent convinced her that she shouldn't die and it would open up her eyes to good and evil. She gave Adam some and when God found out he punished Eve by giving women the right to bring forth children into this world. Since they could now see good and evil they could now see each other naked so God made them clothes to cover up.
The Ideal Man
Adam was fully developed with extraordinary size and physical perfections. The later generations of men all had one of his characteristics, but they were not like him. He had a perfect soul and he created names for mostly everything on earth.
The Fall of Satan
Satan was jealous of how blessed Adam was and attempted to consume him with fire, but the protection of God did not allow that to happen. God made Adam and Satan basically have a standoff by asking them to name animals and the one that named them correctly was to be superior to the other one. Satan refused for humans to be superior to him and so God threw him out of the heavens onto the earth and from that moment on there have been problems between Satan and humans.
Lilith
Lilith was given to Adam as a wife but did not last long because she wanted full equality with her husband so she vanished into dust. When Adam told God he sent three angels to capture her and bring her back. They threatened her that she would lose a hundred of her demon children daily by death and she still refused to come back. She takes her revenge by injuring babies.
Eve
God made Eve from Adam's ribs because he did not want her to have any faults that she would have had she created her from another part of the body. However, it turns out that women have all of the faults that God didn't want them to have. The physical function of women is also different than that of a man because they have to be able to give birth to a child. The intelligence of a woman also matures a lot faster than that of a man. Men need women and that is why they got a rib taken from them. God made Eve when Adam was asleep because the last time he had made a woman in front of him in his presence he repelled her. When he woke up and found Eve the way that she was he found her very beautiful.
Paradise
In order to get to paradise, otherwise known as Heaven, there are seven portals that you must pass through before being admitted into Heaven. There are also 6 basic commandments that one shall follow and not break.
The Fall of Man
The serpent tricks Eve into eating a fruit from the one tree that they shouldn't eat from because she would be easier to convince than Adam. This led to the fall of man. When they ate the fruit they heard God from up above tell them that they were warned not to eat that fruit. The first thing that happened was that they saw each other naked and try to find some leaves to cover themselves up.
Picture of Adam and Eve with fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil;
Source: Wikimedia Commons
The Punishment
God started punishing Adam by making shorter than what he originally was. Adam and Eve now get scared when they hear God's voice because they know that they have sinned. They hide in the forest so that God cannot see them. He punished the serpent by making it have to move on its belly rather than being the king of all animals and standing tall.
Moral: there are consequences for all of your actions.
Bibliography: Adam and Eve by Genesis and Ginzberg
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