After their sin Adam and Eve were no longer to dwell in Eden. They earnestly entreated that they might remain in the home of their innocence and joy. They confessed that they had forfeited all right to that happy abode, but pledged themselves for the future to yield strict obedience to God. But they were told that their nature had become depraved by sin; they had lessened their strength to resist evil and had opened the way for Satan to gain more ready access to them. In their innocence they had yielded to temptation; and now, in a state of conscious guilt, they would have less power to maintain their integrity.

Efter syndefaldet kunne Adam og Eva ikke længere bo i Eden. De bad indtrængende om lov til at blive i det hjem, de havde beboet i deres uskyld og lykke. De bekendte, at de havde forspildt al ret til deres lykkelige hjem, men lovede at vise Gud streng lydighed for fremtiden. Men de fik at vide, at deres natur var blevet fordærvet af synden. De havde formindsket deres evne til at modstå det onde og havde åbnet vejen for Satan, så at han lettere kunne få indpas hos dem. I deres uskyldige tilstand havde de givet efter for fristelse, og nu, hvor de befandt sig i en tilstand af bevidst skyld, havde de mindre kraft til at bevare deres retskaffenhed.