Adam & Eve

The garden narrative

A garden, a command, a choice and an exile — the story that frames everything Genesis does next.

Reading plan

How the story unfolds

1
The garden and the command
The man is placed in Eden to work it, with one tree forbidden.
Genesis 2
2
A companion
The woman is formed and the two are described as one flesh.
Genesis 2
3
The serpent's question
A question about the command leads to the eating of the fruit.
Genesis 3
4
Exile from Eden
Consequences are pronounced and the pair are sent out of the garden.
Genesis 3

Interpretation

Jewish and Christian readers have read this narrative in strikingly different ways, from historical account to theological parable.

Scriptured labels editorial context separately from Scripture, and never presents interpretation as consensus.