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The Book of Genesis

Manʼs Expulsion from Eden

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"...Furthermore, sin has thrown our ancestors into such panic, such absurdity, that they tried to hide from the all-seeing God -- behind a tree.
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However, they are not inclined to repent nor to admit their transgression, but what do they do instead? They both transfer the blame to another. The man blames the woman ('The woman you associated with me, has given to me from the tree, so I ate'), the woman blames the serpent ('The serpent deceived me, so I ate'), and all that before the living God, who knows everyone's sins, and seeks repentance only from whom He is addressing. And so happens today as well - Lord does not ask us to "confess" other people's sins, however big they are, and even if committed on us, but only our own sins.
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And again, just as in the case of original sin of his parents with forbidden fruit, Cain did not repent, but was justifying himself .... like all of us even today, when we find ourselves in a troublesome situation, the first thing we do is seek justification for ourself. So Cain says 'Am I the keeper of my brother?'...."