What would have happened if only Eve had eaten the forbidden fruit, but not Adam?
Would Eve have died while Adam would have lived forever? The Bible does not answer this perplexing question. Notice that God pronounced SEPARATE judgments on the serpent (Gen 3.14-15), Eve (Gen 3.16), and Adam (Gen 3.17). God’s judgments on Adam spoke of death whereas God’s judgments on Eve did not. Moreover, Romans 5.12 would seem to indicate that it was Adam’s sin that brought death into the human race. Per Gen 2.16-17, it was Adam to whom God gave the command NOT to eat of the forbidden fruit. It was also Adam to whom God gave the warning that eating of the fruit would result in death. Question: Before they sinned, did Adam and Eve discuss God’s command to not eat the fruit? If they had discussed regarding the fruit, they might not have sinned. (A girl in our fellowship asked this question because she thinks that, nowadays, husbands and wives do not adequately communicate with each other.) Adam & Eve probably discussed God’s command, but the Bible does not say. The girl in your fell
