The Garden of Eden

 

Vocabulary

lush	create	according to
bush	disobey	conversation
plant	except	knowledge
obey	joyous	work hard
snake	ancestor	speak-spoke-spoken
grass	go ahead	everlasting
as well	persuade	give-gave-given
sweet	turn into	as a result
exile	mortal	make a living
legless	wonderful	become-became
punish	paradise

 
 

 
 

The Garden of Eden

According to the Bible, God created the heavens and the Earth. Then He made the Garden of Eden, a lush paradise with flowers, trees, grass, bushes and other plants, and friendly animals.

God also created the first man, who was called Adam. Later, God took one of Adam’s ribs and created Eve, the first woman.

Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden and tended it. This contained beautiful fruit-bearing trees, including the Tree of Life and the Tree of Good and Evil.

Food

God allowed them to eat fruits from any tree in the garden — except from the Tree of Good and Evil. Adam and Eve obeyed God. And they lived a happy, everlasting life.

One day….

One day, a serpent (large snake) came to Eve. It started to speak to her. They had a conversation. Then the serpent told Eve to eat the fruits from the Tree of Good and Evil.

“Go ahead. Eat the fruit, Eve. It’s very sweet and delicious. It’s very good for you,” said the serpent.
“But God told us not to eat any fruits from that tree,” said Eve.
“Oh, don’t worry. It’s no problem. It’s perfectly alright. Go and eat the fruits,” said the serpent.

And so Eve ate some of the fruits.

Adam

Later she gave some fruits from the Tree of Good and Evil to Adam. At first he refused . . . but she persuaded him to eat the fruits.

And so he did.

But now they had disobeyed God.

Mortals

As a result, God punished Adam and Eve by turning them into mortals. He exiled them from the Garden of Eden. God also punished the serpent by making it legless.
 

 

Outside of Eden, Adam and Eve had a hard life. They had to work very hard to make a living. And they had many children who became the ancestors of the people of the world.

Questions

1. What happened in the beginning? In the beginning, God . . . . . . .

2. Describe the Garden of Eden.

3. Adam and Eve had a easy, relaxed life. True or false?

4. Could they eat anything?

5. Did Eve hear a voice one day? What happened?

6. What happened to Adam?

7. God was very pleased. Is this right or wrong? Was God happy?

8. What happened to Adam and Eve and the serpent?

9. What is the moral or lesson?
 
 
A. I have read the Bible. Yes or no?

B. Have you seen movies and TV programs about the Bible?

C. Where was the Garden of Eden? Have you visited very beautiful gardens

D. What kind of reputation do snakes have?

E. Does the Garden of Eden have a wider, symbolic meaning?