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The Story of Adam and Eve Revealed
We all know the basic plot of the Bible’s first human story: the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. But few people truly understand its central mystery: what exactly did Adam and Eve do to deserve such a harsh punishment? Hebrew/Aramaic reveals the answer.

The Lord’s Most Tender Inquiry
After the serpent tempts Eve to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, Adam and Eve are ashamed and hide. God finds them, and though angry, does not chastise them. Instead, he asks a very simple question: “The Lord God called to the man and said to him, ‘Where are you’ (Gen. 3:9)?” This is what this verse looks in the original Hebrew:

וַיִּקְרָא יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶל-הָאָדָם וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ אַיֶּכָּה
Vayikra Adonai Elohim el ha-Adam vayomer lo ayeka

One Very Special Word
The most important part of this verse is the final word: ayeka ܐܝܟܐ
(אַיֶּכָּה) translating to, “Where are you?” But ayeka means much more than that. It is God’s gentle way of initiating a difficult conversation by asking tenderly, “What’s happened to you? Where do you stand with respect to me?” This single word powerfully expresses the broken relationship between humanity and God.