The Fall (Genesis 3–5) The origin of suffering, death, and all problems in the world is the Fall—the breaking of the relationship between people and God (Genesis 3). Romans 5:12 says death came into the world through Adam’s sin. It also says all people since then have chosen to sin against God. No one escapes the sin problem—its influence or its effects. All people are born outside Eden, without God’s presence in their lives, and with the tendency to make choices in opposition to the character