Did Adam and Eve sin by eating an apple?
No, the scripture does not specify what kind of fruit it was (Genesis 3:6), just that it was fruit. • Was childbirth the punishment given to women for the sin of Eve? Answer: No, God just multiplied the pain of childbirth. This is proven by Genesis 1:28, where God told man and woman to “multiply and replenish the earth” before they sinned. If God instructed them to have children before they sinned, then it could not have been a curse after they sinned. • Why did God confound the language of the people at the tower of Babel? Answer: Because after the flood, God commanded men to “replenish the earth” (Genesis 9:1). But men were gathering in one place and refused to be “scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth” (Genesis 11:4). So by confounding their language, it caused them to flee and replenish the earth (Genesis 11:8-9). • Why was Cain’s offering rejected by the Lord, and Abel’s offering accepted? (Genesis 4:2-7). Answer: The Septuagint tells us the answer: Genesis 4:7, “Hast
