It has been created since the beginning of the world, and will appear gloriously at the end of time. Genesis 2:10–14 [27] lists four rivers in association with the garden of Eden: Pishon, Gihon, Hiddekel (the Tigris), and Phirat (the Euphrates).

Moore's 1940 story Fruit of Knowledge is a re-telling of the Fall of Man as a love triangle between Lilith, Adam and Eve – with Eve's eating the forbidden fruit being in this version the result of misguided manipulations by the jealous Lilith, who had hoped to get her rival discredited and destroyed by God and thus regain Adam's love. A form analysis of Genesis 3 reveals that this portion of the story can be characterized as a parable or "wisdom tale" in the wisdom tradition.

All hallucinogens carry the risk of producing mental and physical reactions and contributing to accidents while under the influence. The man then points to the woman as the real offender, and he implies that God is responsible for the tragedy because the woman was given to him by God (Genesis 3:12). When Fran finds it far-fetched that Eve, the first female, could be responsible for bringing all sin into the world, she is severely disciplined. Adam is told that he can eat freely of all the trees in the garden, except for a tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Lacking a helper for his work, Adam was put into a deep sleep while God took from him a rib and created a companion, Eve.This leads Eve to try to lead a different life, speaking to Belle Reve’s own priest about the fact she had a literal demon inside of her.