Adam and Eve
Genesis garden dwellers
Adam and Eve are the first humans in the biblical Book of Genesis—created by God, placed in the Garden of Eden, and expelled after eating forbidden fruit.
The story serves as an origin myth explaining human mortality and suffering.
References appear in phrases like since Adam and Eve (meaning from the very beginning) and discussions of original sin.
- serpentCunning, limbless reptile
- GenesisFirst biblical book
- original sinInherited spiritual corruption
- first manHumanity's mythical ancestor
- Garden of EdenBiblical first home
tree of knowledge · bite · fall of man · progenitors · first woman · tree · temptation · leaf · forbidden fruit · apple · naked · creation · helpmeet · cast out · redemption · biblical allegory · loss of innocence · human nature
- BibleOld Testament, New Testament, Holy Scriptures, Moses, Abraham
- Biblical Referencesark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments, burning bush
- Bible for kidschildren's Bible, illustrated Bible, Bible stories, baby Jesus, David and Goliath
- Bible StoriesDavid and Goliath, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, nativity, creation story
- cautionary talesIcarus, Prometheus, Faust, Dr. Faustus, Pandora
- Famous CouplesRomeo and Juliet, John and Yoko, Bonnie and Clyde, Cleopatra and Antony, Antony and Cleopatra