that thou eatest thereof thou shalt
surely die_." Then the Lord God, thinking that it would not be
well for man to live alone, formed--out of the ground--"every
beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought
them unto Adam to see what he would call them, and whatever
Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof."

After Adam had given names to "all cattle, and to the fowls of the air,
and to every beast of the field," "the Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon Adam, and he slept, and he (the Lord God) took one of his
(Adam's) ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof."

"And of the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made
he a _woman_, and brought her unto Adam." "And they were both
naked, the man and his wife, and they were not ashamed."

After this everything is supposed to have gone harmoniously, until a
_serpent_ appeared before the _woman_[3:2]--who was afterwards called
Eve--and said to her:

"Hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?"

The woman, answering the serpent, said:

"We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: but of
the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, _lest ye die_."

Whereupon the serpent said to her:

"Ye shall _not_ surely die" (which, according to the
narrative, was the truth).

He then told her that, upon eating the fruit, their eyes would be
opened, and that they would be as _gods_, knowing good from evil.

The woman then looked upon the tree, and as the fruit was tempting, "she
took of the fruit, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband, and he
did eat." The result was _not_ death (as the Lord God had told them),
but, as the serpent had said, "the eyes of both were opened, and they
knew they were naked, and they _sewed_ fig leaves together, and made
themselves aprons."

Towards evening (_i. e._, "in the cool of the day"), Adam and his wife
"_heard_ the voice of the Lord God _walking_ in the garden," and being
afraid, they hid themselves among the trees of the garden. The Lord God
not finding Adam and his wife, said: "Where art thou?" Adam answering,
said: "I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was
naked, and I hid myself."

The "Lord God" then told Adam that he had eaten of the tree which he had
commanded him not to eat, whereupon Adam said: "The _woman_ w