Adam and Eve



Adam and Eve
in the Bible, the first man and the first woman. The first book of the Bible tells that God created Adam by breathing life into the "dust of the ground." Later, God created Eve from Adam's rib. God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, telling them that they could eat the fruit of all the trees in the garden except the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. They lived happily until the serpent, Satan, tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. She ate, and gave the fruit to Adam, who also ate; they immediately became aware and ashamed of their nakedness. Because of Adam and Eve's disobedience, God drove them from the garden into the world outside. After their expulsion, Eve gave birth to sons, first Cain and Abel, and then Seth, and thus Adam and Eve became the parents of mankind.