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  2. Forbidden fruit - Wikipedia

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    The story of the Book of Genesis places the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, where they may eat the fruit of many trees, but are forbidden by God to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In Genesis 3, a serpent tempts the woman: And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

  3. Tree of the knowledge of good and evil - Wikipedia

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    It was disobedience of Adam and Eve, who had been told by God not to eat off the tree (Genesis 2:17), that caused disorder in the creation, [23] thus humanity inherited sin and guilt from Adam and Eve's sin. [24] In Western Christian art, the fruit of the tree is commonly depicted as the apple, which originated in central Asia.

  4. Figs in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The fig tree is the third tree to be mentioned by name in the Hebrew Bible.The first is the Tree of life and the second is the Tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Adam and Eve used the leaves of the fig tree to sew garments for themselves after they ate the "fruit of the Tree of knowledge", [1] when they realized that they were naked.

  5. Why is Friday the 13th unlucky? The cultural origins of an ...

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    In Biblical tradition, the concept of unlucky Fridays, stretches back even further than the crucifixion: Friday is said to be the day that Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit from the Tree of ...

  6. Tree of life (biblical) - Wikipedia

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    In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of life (Hebrew: עֵץ הַחַיִּים, romanized: ‘ēṣ haḥayyīm; Latin: Lignum vitae) [1] is first described in chapter 2, verse 9 of the Book of Genesis as being "in the midst of the Garden of Eden" with the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע; Lignum scientiae boni et mali).

  7. Holiday History: Why Do We Put Up and Decorate Trees?

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    There were also events on Christmas Eve called "Paradise Plays" that celebrated the feast day of Adam and Eve, and a fir tree with apples on its branches was used to represent the Tree of ...

  8. Adam and Eve - Wikipedia

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    Adam chooses Eve and eats the fruit, causing Father to banish them into the wilderness and destroying the Tree of Knowledge, from which Adam carves a staff. Eve gives birth to Cain and Abel, and Adam forbids his children from going beyond the waterfall in hopes Father will forgive them and bring them back to Eden.

  9. Eve - Wikipedia

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    She shares the fruit with Adam, and before they could eat of the tree of life, they are expelled from the Garden of Eden, with Eve herself suffering imprecations, with her being subjected to additional agony during childbirth, as well as her subjecting to her husband Adam.