Adam wasn’t hungry and was apprehensive about the potential consequences of eating the forbidden fruit. He was, however, convinced the plant material could provide benefits beyond its nutritional value. On the one hand, God told him that its consumption would be fatal, while the serpent contended the plant would impart new knowledge. Both were right. After eating the fruit Adam lost his home and immortality, and was made aware of the concepts of good and evil. He would need this new knowledge to survive in the world outside of Eden
