The Edenic Covenant - the Fall of Man

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The Edenic Covenant - The Fall of Man

In this essay, I will explain the Edenic Covenant. Following my explanation of

this covenant I will convey my views on what the effects were when the covenant was

broken.

The Edenic Covenant is stated in Genesis 2:15-17. "And the Lord God took the

man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it. And the Lord God

commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: But of

the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou

eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." In verse fifteen God tells Adam to take care of

Eden. God then commands him to eat of any tree but that of the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil. God then further explains what would happen if this covenant was

broken; saying that Adam would surely die.

The story of the fall is explained in Genesis 3:1-6. "Now the serpent was more

subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the

woman. Yea hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman

said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: which is in the

midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye

die. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know

that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods,

knowing good and evil. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and

that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the

fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her: and he did eat." Eve

was deceived by Satan which was the serpent into eating of the tree of the knowledge of

good and evil; then she gave it to Adam and he ate the apple. This was the breaking of

the Edenic Covenant.

In Genesis 3:12-13 Adam and Eve openly admit to God that they had sinned and

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