What happensPermalink
The serpent tempts the man and the woman to eat fruit of the forbidden tree by misquoting God. In response, God curses the serpent to humiliation; the woman to painful childbearing and subservience to her husband; and the man to labor and worry. The man names the woman Eve, and God drives them both out of Eden.
Why it mattersPermalink
The woman tries to quote God to the serpent, but she misstates the command; when Jesus resists Satan, He also quotes God, but correctly. Satan tempts by distorting the truth, and we convince ourselves to give in by prizing our desires over God.
Key versePermalink
Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden to work the ground from which he was taken.