and alone. Adam blames Eve, Eve blames the serpent, and Adam and Eve both seek to cover their nakedness. All these actions show that sin has undermined both the sense of self and the sense of belonging to another. God’s judgments suggest that the social and work dimensions of their lives have similarly been twisted out of shape. Although the man and woman do not die physically—at least not right away—we see from this story that death can mean much more than the end of physical life. Death means the