The first man and woman were to confirm their submission to God by obediently abstaining from the fruit of one particular tree, “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad. ”
Pirmajam vīrietim un sievietei bija jāapliecina sava pakļāvība Dievam ar to, ka viņi paklausītu norādījumam neēst augļus no viena konkrēta koka — ” laba un ļauna atzīšanas koka ”. ( 1. Mozus 2: 17.)