What Was the Fall of Man — In Biblical Context
The fall was Adam and Eve's disobedience in Eden — eating the forbidden fruit — which introduced sin, death, and separation from God into the human experience.
The fall was Adam and Eve's disobedience in Eden — eating the forbidden fruit — which introduced sin, death, and separation from God into the human experience.
"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat." — Genesis 3:6 (KJV)
The Biblical Context
Genesis 3 records the most consequential event in human history. God placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden with one prohibition: 'Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die' (Genesis 2:17). The serpent (Satan) deceived Eve, questioning God's word ('Yea, hath God said?') and God's goodness ('Ye shall not surely die... ye shall be as gods,' Genesis 3:1,4-5). Eve ate and gave to Adam, who ate willingly. The consequences were immediate and far-reaching: shame (3:7), hiding from God (3:8), blame (3:12-13), cursed ground (3:17), pain in childbirth (3:16), physical death (3:19), and expulsion from Eden (3:24). Through Adam, sin entered the world: 'By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned' (Romans 5:12). Yet even in judgment, God promised redemption — the 'seed of the woman' would crush the serpent's head (Genesis 3:15), the first gospel promise pointing to Christ.
Where It Sits in Scripture
The core passage for this question, Genesis 3:6, sits inside Genesis 3. To grasp the full meaning, read the surrounding paragraph — the verses before set up the thought, the verses after carry it forward.
"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."
Supporting Passages
"By one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned."
"I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."
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