亚当和夏娃吃了善恶知识树的果子，他们的眼睛亮了起来，知道自己是赤身露体的，便拿无花果树的叶子，为自己编作裙子穿。天起了凉风，耶和华神在园中行走，亚当和夏娃听见神的声音，就害怕起来，藏在园里的树木中，躲避耶和华的面。亚当躲避神，但神却来寻找亚当，神呼唤他说，“你在哪里？”
然而因着罪进入亚当和夏娃里面，他们就堕落，向神不真实、也不真诚了。当神问亚当他在那里时，他没有承认自己的过犯，只承认自己是赤身露体的。神说，“谁告诉你赤身露体呢？莫非你吃了我吩咐你不可吃的那树上的果子吗？”此时亚当又把责任推给了夏娃，说，“你所赐给我，与我同居的女人，她把那树上的果子给我，我就吃了。”神又问夏娃:“你作的是什么事呢？”夏娃也像亚当一样没有坦率的认错。她说，“那蛇引诱我，我就吃了。”虽然亚当和夏娃向神并不诚实，但神并没有斥责他们，因为祂来不是要审判，乃是要拯救（创三7-13）。
亚当和夏娃受了蛇的诱惑，违背神去吃善恶知识树的果子，这是人第一次的堕落。亚当和夏娃堕落之后，立刻知道自己不好。他们定罪自己，躲藏自己，并用无花果树的叶子遮盖自己，躲避神的面。他们晓得自己违犯神的禁令，吃了知识树上的果子，并晓得这过犯的结局就是死。因此他们隐藏自己，躲避神的面，等待死的宣判。然而，神来了，神来寻找失丧的人。
亚当、夏娃面对神时，他们所作的就是将责任推给别人。自从人第一次堕落以来，人类都是这样行的。即使是小孩子作错了事，他们也不认错，而将责任归咎于别人。然而，神知道人的光景，因此祂来并不是审判人，不是对他们宣布死的判决，反而是向他们传福音，发出福音的佳音。
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God Came to Preach the Gospel to Men – Gen. 3:9
Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Then their eyes were opened, and they realized they were naked. So they sewed fig leaves together and made loin coverings for themselves. In the cool of the day, Jehovah God was walking in the garden. Adam and Eve heard the voice of God, and they became afraid. They hid themselves among the trees of the garden to avoid the presence of Jehovah. Adam was hiding from God, but God came to seek him and calling, “Where are you?”
Because sin had entered into Adam and Eve, they fell and became dishonest and insincere before God. When God asked Adam where he was, Adam did not confess his transgression — he only admitted that he was naked. God said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” At that moment, Adam shifted the blame to Eve, saying, “The woman whom You gave to be with me — she gave me from the tree, and I ate.” Then God asked Eve, “What is this you have done?” Eve, like Adam, did not confess her fault straightforwardly. She said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.” Although Adam and Eve were not honest before God, God did not rebuke them. He came not to judge, but to save (Gen. 3:7–13).
Adam and Eve, having been tempted by the serpent, disobeyed God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This was man’s first fall. After they fell, Adam and Eve immediately knew something was wrong. They condemned themselves, hid themselves, and used fig leaves to cover themselves, hiding from the presence of God. They knew they had violated God’s command by eating the fruit of the tree of knowledge and understood that the consequence of this transgression was death. Thus, they hid, avoiding God’s presence, awaiting the sentence of death. Yet, God came — He came to seek the lost.
When Adam and Eve were before God, they did nothing but shift the blame onto others. Since the first fall of man, this has always been the way of mankind. Even little children, when they do something wrong, do not admit their fault but blame others, yet God understands man’s condition. Therefore, He came not to judge, not to declare the verdict of death, but rather to preach the gospel to them — bringing forth the glad tidings of salvation.