When Adam and Eve rebelled against God, they challenged his sovereignty, that is, his right to rule. Jehovah could have destroyed them and started over with another couple, but that would not have settled the issue of whose rulership is right and best for people.
यहोवा त्यांचा नाश करू शकला असता आणि दुसऱ्‍या एका जोडप्याला निर्माण करू शकला असता; पण असे केल्याने कोणाचे शासन योग्य व लोकांच्या भल्याचे आहे हा प्रश्‍न जसाचा तसाच राहिला असता.