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  2. Forbidden fruit - Wikipedia

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    In Abrahamic religions, forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden:

  3. Apple (symbolism) - Wikipedia

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    The unnamed fruit of Eden thus became an apple under the influence of the story of the golden apples in the Garden of Hesperides. As a result, the apple became a symbol for knowledge, immortality, temptation, the fall of man and sin. According to the Bible, there is nothing to show the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge was necessarily an ...

  4. Orlah - Wikipedia

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    The prohibition on orlah fruit (lit. "uncircumcised" fruit) is a command found in the Bible not to eat fruit produced by a tree during the first three years after planting. [ 1 ] In rabbinical writings, the orlah prohibition ( Hebrew : איסור ערלה ) is counted as one of the negative commandments among the 613 commandments .

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

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    Adam and Eve - Paradise, the fall of man as depicted by Lucas Cranach the Elder, the Tree of knowledge of good and evil is on the right. In Judaism and Christianity, the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Tiberian Hebrew: עֵץ הַדַּעַת טוֹב וָרָע, romanized: ʿêṣ had-daʿaṯ ṭōḇ wā-rāʿ, [ʕesˤ hadaʕaθ tˤov wɔrɔʕ]; Latin: Lignum scientiae boni et mali ...

  6. John 1:48 - Wikipedia

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    The "under the fig tree" statement seems to refer to the story in Genesis where God saw Adam under a fig tree eating its forbidden fruit. [ 1 ] Commentary from the Church Fathers

  7. 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.

  8. Serpents in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    In the first book of the Torah, the serpent is portrayed as a deceptive creature or trickster, [1] who promotes as good what God had forbidden and shows particular cunning in its deception. (cf. Genesis 3:4–5 and 3:22 ) The serpent has the ability to speak and to reason: "Now the serpent was more subtle (also translated as "cunning") than any ...

  9. 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).