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Definition:
In the Jewish tradition, the Garden of Eden is an idyllic place where the original humans
(Adam and Eve) created by God lived before they disobeyed his orders and brought sin into
the world. This is normally labeled "the Fall," a fall from divine grace, and as a story it is
very similar to accounts in many other cultures about a golden age of perfection and peace
from which humans have degraded.
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