Genesis 1:0; 31:1–2:25; 2:3

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3 And God blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it; because that in it He rested from all His work which God in creating had made.

3 So God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it; because in it he had rested from all his works which God created and made.

Reception

Visual Arts

3:6e she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat Eve's Responsibility

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The seductive fruit

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Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528), Adam and Eve, (oil on canvas, 1507), 209 × 81 cm et 209 × 80 cm

Musée du Prado, public domain © Wikicommons→

A round proposition

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Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), Adam and Eve, (oil on canvas, 1528), 172 × 63 cm et 167 × 61 cm

Uffizi, Florence, public domain © Wikicommons→

The apple between psalms

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), Adam and Eve, (oil on panel, 1533), 47 X 35 cm

Gemäldegalerie der Staatlichen Museen, Berlin

How do you like them apples?

Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472–1553), Adam and Eve, (oil on panel, 1538), 50 x 34.5 cm

Národní galerie v Praze, Palais Sternberg, Prague — inv. CZ_NGP_DO5380

Composition

Eve appears here as the principle agent of the Fall, since she gives the forbidden fruit to her husband. Cranah painted the Fall in 1526, 1528, and 1538. In the last version, Eve even places the apple of discord into the mouth of Adam, while the serpent smiles at this sight.

The black market

Tintoretto (1518-1594), The Original Sin (oil on canvas, 1551-1552), 150 x 220 cm

Gallerie dell'Accademia de Venise, Italie

The Bible in Its Traditions