They were hungry for God's approval and both set out to offer a sacrifice to their creator. Abel tended to flocks while Cain became a farmer. They had completely different interests and styles. Other than the fact that they were born to the same parents, Cain and Abel could not have been more different. Despite the pain of leaving Eden, Adam and Eve now got to experience the joy of parenthood. Just like that, the human population of planet earth had doubled. Cain was born first and then Abel followed.
It wasn't all pain and misery, however, because along came the world's first children. Eve ate the forbidden fruit and, not only that, she then found Adam and convinced him to have a bite too. It would give them the knowledge of good and evil. It claimed God just wanted to forbid them from eating the fruit because He knew that if they did, it would make them like God Himself. At first Eve refused, saying it was against the rules and would result in death. The serpent urged her to take a bite of the fruit. Even more intriguing, she came across another visitor to the tree: a beautiful serpent. Adam and Eve were off doing their own thing in different parts of the garden when Eve came across the forbidden tree. And the consequence of breaking this rule was dire: they would die.Īt first, Adam and Eve observed the rule with no problem whatsoever. They were expressly forbidden from eating any of its fruit. The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was off limits. Despite the immense privilege and responsibility of looking after God's creation, there was one major rule Adam and Eve were expected to keep.
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