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 touch it,  lest,  perhaps ,  we  die.”  The  serpent  said  to  the woman: “No,  surely,  you  shall  not  die  if  you  eat  of  the  fruit  of the  tree;  but,  rather,  your  eyes  shall  be  opened,  and  you  shall be as  gods,  knowing  good  and  evil.”  Hearing  this,  Eve  gave way to  pride,  and  she  saw  that  the  fruit  was  good  and  pleasant to behold. She took  and  ate  of  the  fruit,  and  gave  to  her  husband, and  he  also  ate. Thus was  the  first  sin  committed.

By this  first  sin  they  lost  sanctifying  grace,  which  was  the life of  their  soul;  they  lost  the  immortality  of  their  body;  their eyes were  opened,  and  they  saw  with  shame  that  they  were naked. In their  shame  and  confusion  they  began  to  sew  fig-leaves together, in  order  to  cover  their  nakedness. But soon  they  heard the voice  of  God  calling  them,  and  they  hid  themselves  among