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Abel	according to the Old Testament, the second son of Adam and Eve, who was murdered by his brother Cain.
Cain	according to the Old Testament, the first son of Adam and Eve, who murdered his brother Abel out of jealousy.
Eden	according to the Old Testament, the garden in which Adam and Eve, the first humans, lived in a state of perfection; Garden of Eden; paradise. [1/2 definitions]
Eve	according to the Old Testament, the first woman, who was created by God from a rib of Adam, the first man.
forbidden fruit	in the Bible, the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the garden of Eden, which had been forbidden to Adam and Eve by God. [1/2 definitions]
original sin	in Christianity, the sin of disobedience committed by Adam and Eve, for which they and all humans were made to suffer pain and mortality.
tree of knowledge	according to the Old Testament, the tree whose forbidden fruit gave Adam and Eve the knowledge of good and evil, and caused their expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

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