Robert

And here is yet another explanation. No forbidden apple or literal fruit from a literal tree, the eating of which is encouraged by a talking snake, is mentioned in the well-known ancient Bible narrative of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. However, the identity of this unknown forbidden fruit of pleasure in the world's oldest and greatest mystery story can be explained by procreation and the family Adam and Eve do not have until after their eviction from Eden at the end of Genesis 3: Adam and Eve disobey the Genesis 1:28 commandment--the first commandment--to "be fruitful and multiply [in their body Garden]" when they become one flesh incorrectly (Genesis 2:24) by eating from the wrong tree in the allegorical Garden's center (Genesis 2:9). So they disobey not just one commandment, but two at the same time. Finally, it is interesting that half of Eve's punishment in Genesis 3:16 is painful childbirth--because she chooses to not have children in the Garden of Eden and God wants to remind her of her decision?