What was the fall of Adam and Eve?
In Genesis 3 the first humans broke the one prohibition God gave them — eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Their disobedience plunged the human race into sin, death, and broken relationship with God, themselves, each other, and creation.
The temptation followed a pattern still recognizable: question God’s word, doubt his goodness, grasp at autonomy. "You will be like God."
The fallout was catastrophic — guilt, shame, blame, exile from Eden, and the curse that runs through all human history. Paul calls Adam the head of a race "in Adam" all die.
But Genesis 3:15 already promised a rescue: an offspring of the woman who would crush the serpent’s head. The story of the Bible is how God keeps that promise in Jesus.
Original BibleDawn answer · reviewed 2026-06. Drafted with AI assistance and reviewed for accuracy.