THE FALL OF MAN Reguliersgracht 9 Amsterdam Genesis 3: 6, 7 The serpent was more crafty than any living wild creature that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman: "Is it true that God has forbidden you to eat from any tree in the garden?" The woman answered the serpent:
"We may eat the fruit of any tree in the garden, except for the tree in the middle of the garden; God has forbidden us either to eat or to touch the fruit of that; if we do, we shall die". The serpent said: "Of course you will not die". When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was pleasing to the eye and tempting to contemplate, she took some and ate it. She also gave her husband some and he ate it.