God then created Chava, who was tricked by the devious snake. But from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, do not eat, because on the day you eat from it you will certainly die’” (Bereishit 2:15-17). God commanded the man, saying, ‘Of every tree of the garden you may certainly eat. “And God took the man, and placed him in the Garden of Eden to work it and to protect it. Misconception: Chava fed Adam an apple in the Garden of Eden.įact: The fruit’s identity is not revealed in the Biblical text, and while early Jewish sources offer a variety of suggestions about which fruit Chava fed Adam, an apple is not one of them.īackground: Shortly after God created man, He placed him in the Garden of Eden, with but one prohibition:
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