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The '''Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil''' appears in the [[Christian]] [[Bible]] as a key element in [[the fall]] of man from [[God]]'s grace. When God created [[Adam]] in the [[Garden of Eden]] he gave him permission to eat from any tree except that of the Tree of Knowledge.

The '''Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil''' appears in the Book of [[Genesis]] as a key element in the [[fall of man]] from [[God]]'s [[grace]]. When God created [[Adam]] in the [[Garden of Eden]] he gave him permission to eat from any tree except that of the Tree of Knowledge.

''Genesis2:17  But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death. <ref>http://www.newadvent.org/bible/gen002.htm</ref>''

''Genesis2:17  But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat. For in what day soever thou shalt eat of it, thou shalt die the death.<ref>http://www.newadvent.org/bible/gen002.htm</ref>''

But Adam did eat the fruit of the tree and was cast out of paradise.  

But Adam did eat the fruit of the tree after being induced to do so by Eve, and both of them were cast out of paradise.  

The Bible does not really say what sort of tree it was, but it is historically portrayed as an apple tree.  

The Bible does not really say what sort of tree it was, but it is historically portrayed as an apple tree; more likely, it was a fig tree.  

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