But as for the tree of the knowledge of good and bad you must not eat from it, for in the day you eat from it you will positively die. ” The first couple were given a choice between endless life and death.
( उत्पत्ति २: १६, १७) अनंतकाळचे जीवन आणि मृत्यू या दोन्हींपैकी काहीतरी एक निवडण्याचे स्वातंत्र्य आदाम व हव्वेला देण्यात आले होते.