The book of Genesis, from the Hebrew Bible, starts off with God’s creation of the world, the man and the woman. According to the book, in the garden of Eden, where the couple used to live, God had planted the tree of knowledge, and He ordered them to not eat any fruit from this particular tree. Being omniscient strengthens the idea that He knew what was going to happen in advance, regarding planting the tree of knowledge, His order, the couple’s disobedience, and their punishment. Also, nothing happens without God’s permission, therefore He was the one who has allowed the serpent to approach Eve saying that after eating the fruit she would become as knowledgeable as gods.

According to the book, Eve does not resist the temptation, eats the fruit, and she also convinces Adam to eat it. If I were one of them, I would have eaten the fruit as well, because besides thinking that God sent the persuasive serpent, I would not have known the difference between good and evil back then. Also, if He had planted a tree with such a tempting name, and yet with a forbidden fruit of it, perhaps it was God’s intention to start some drama since the beginning in order to have an interesting story to tell the readers about. Otherwise, the Hebrew Bible would have consisted of only one book and three chapters, instead of becoming one of the greatest books of all times.