God still comes looking for them: ‘… the LORD God called to the man, “Where are you?” ’ (verse 9). In his grace God continues to seek after sinful human beings, calling us back into fellowship with him; but by nature we always run away. Adam is afraid and ashamed, conscious of his nakedness before God. The old innocence has gone. And God judges the guilty, just as he had said he would. Satan was wrong. God’s warning that Adam and Eve would die was no mere threat; it is carried out. They are banished