Was the first sin in the bible when Adam added to the law or when Eve ate the fruit?

Question

He added to it by saying "And don't touch it or you will die" which is not what was told to him. He was only told "Don't eat it or you will die"

Answer 1

I am not a Biblical literalist and understand this story from Genesis is myth, and while perhaps based on the element of an awareness when human culture that produced civilization in one part of the world arose, I don't take it is that it happened exactly as written.

I understand we can learn great truths from myths, truths about human nature, our relationship to one another and God and learn about the perspectives of our ancestors.

Having said that, when I read Genesis contextually, I think everyone I've seen answer thus far is off ..the very first time the Hebrew word for sin is mentioned isn't about Adam and Eve. It is about Cain and Abel, and immediately after the passge it tells us that humans can master the evil inclination to sin.

Until Adam and Eve had eaten of the fruit of the tree of good and evil and knew the difference between good and evil, technically they were incapable of sinning. They had disobeyed, but consider their innocence and inability to discern good from evil. They had no more guilt than a baby who is told " don't touch that or it will hurt you" and then pulls over a bowl of soup, not knowing that it would spill and cause damage or pain. The baby had no idea how bad those consequences could really be. Their level of awareness just isn't enough for them to understand.

Once Adam and Eve had the knowledge of good and evil and could distinguish one from another, then they were responsible should they "miss the mark" or "sin".

God sent them from the Garden ( gan eden) to PREVENT them from BECOMING immortal by eating of the tree of life.

So, the first sin..is precisely where the book of Genesis details that the first sin happened. Genesis 4:6-7, God turns to Cain and warns him,

If you do what is right, will you not be accepted? If, though, you do not do what is right, sin is crouching at your door; it desires to have you, but you can master it.

Cain committed the first sin in the Bible.

The concept of "original sin" is not found in Genesis, but in the Christian New Testament interpretation of Genesis.


The following is extracted from http://www.outreachjudaism.org/

The term “original sin” is unknown to the Jewish scriptures, and the church’s teachings on this doctrine are antithetical to the core principles of the Torah and its prophets.

According to church teachings, the mortal sin committed by our first parents in the Garden of Eden had catastrophic consequences for the human race. Most importantly, Christendom holds that these devastating effects extend far beyond the curses of painful childbirth and laborious farming conditions outlined in the third chapter of Genesis.

This well-known church doctrine posits that when Adam and Eve rebelled against God and ate from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, all of their descendants became infected with the stain of their transgression. Moreover, as a consequence of this first iniquity, man is hopelessly lost in a state of sin in which he has been held captive since this fall. As a result, he is powerless to follow the path of obedience and righteousness by his own free will. Rather, missionaries contend, because all are born with an innate and uncontrollable lust for sin, humanity can do nothing to merit its own salvation. In essence, man is totally depraved and true free will is far beyond his grasp. “Totally depraved” may seem to be a harsh way for a Christian doctrine to depict mankind’s dire condition, yet this is precisely the term used by the church to describe man’s desperate, sinful predicament. It is only through faith in Jesus, Christendom concludes, that hopeless man can be saved.

This is foreign to Torah.
to learn more about this, read Genesis contextually and here are other links:
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Was the first sin in the bible when Adam added to the law or when Eve ate the fruit?

Answer 3

Adam only understood what was good before he ate from the forbidden fruit. After he ate the forbidden fruit he was made aware of what was evil, you could say this is when he received the moral Laws of God inscribed upon his heart. So his perception of the world had changed. You could also say that he received "reason" because he was able to discern what was good and evil. Infants are born without "reason" as they grow older they become young children in which they begin to understand the difference between what is good and evil. And by the ages of 7-8 years old they fully understand the difference between what is good and evil. So you could say they grow into this knowledge. This also means that infants and young children are incapable of committing personal sin, because they either do not understand what is evil at all or they do not fully understand what is evil.

Answer 4

When Adam ate the fruit

Answer 5

When Adam disobeyed God and ate of the fruit. God gave Adam the rules. He( Adam )allowed Eve to convince him to do what God said not to do.

Answer 6

The eating of the fruit is the first sin. Being translated from another language, it could be that the word that is there means both?

Answer 7

How did Adam add to the law, exactly?

Edit: My goodness you like to nitpick don't you. No, Adam didn't sin then. He was incapable.

Answer 8

Yeah... and the snake lost her beautiful pair of legs!!!

You can't even joke about eating any fruit in Paradise any more!

God was more concerned about his Holy fruit than about warning Adam about watching for the Devil...

Answer 9

When Adam left Eve for Steve.

Answer 10

When Adam and Eve did a little hanky-panky .