JAMB Christian Religious Knowledge 2012 Paper

In Genesis 3:14-19 (RSV), God pronounces various curses and consequences on the serpent, the woman (Eve), and Adam due to their disobedience in eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Eve is told that childbirth will bring her increased pain, and she will desire her husband, who will rule over her. Adam is told that the ground is cursed because of him, and he will toil in labour to eat from it, dealing with thorns and thistles, and earning his bread by the sweat of his face until he returns to dust. These curses symbolize the introduction of hardship, pain and mortality into the world as a consequence of sin.