The Bible Verse Genesis 3: 7
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Genesis 3: 7
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Loading ...And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
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Many people have blamed Eve for the fall of man, saying she ate the fruit first and that started everything. Yet here, as a continuation of verse 6, we see that it was not until after Adam ate of the fruit that their “eyes were opened.”
Since it was Adam that received the command to not eat of the fruit from God, it was Adam that was accountable. The punishment didn’t kick in until *he* ate of the fruit. This doesn’t make Eve blameless, since she did receive the command from Adam, but it was Adam’s sin that changed their nature. This is re-inforced by the Apostle Paul in Romans 5:12, “…just as through one man, sin entered the world…”