THE immediate effect of Adam's sin, as stated in Genesis, is
surprising enough. Whereas before the Fall "they were both
naked, to wit, Adam and his wife: and were not ashamed," now,
instantly upon their eating they were aware of each other's
nakedness and proceeded to fashion themselves some sort of
clothing. And as they could no longer look upon each other
untroubled, so they could no longer face God without fear.
"Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord
God, amidst the trees of Paradise." Nor was their fear without
reason.

To Eve God said: "I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy con-
ceptions. In sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou
shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion
over thee."

To Adam He said: "Cursed is the earth in thy work: with
labor and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.
Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee and thou shalt
eat the herbs of the earth. In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken:
for dust thou art and into dust thou shalt return."

The rest of the story is in a couple of sentences: "And the
Lord God sent him out of the Paradise of pleasure, to till the
earth from which he was taken. And he cast out Adam; and
placed before the Paradise of pleasure cherubim, and a flam-
ing sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of
life."

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