This is how I read the Genesis story. God made Adam & from Adam He made Eve. The serpent (the devil) tempted Eve to eat of the tree of knowledge of good & evil. She ate & offered the fruit to Adam who also ate. After this they felt shame because they had an awareness of evil that they never had before. So all humanity is corrupted by this sin nature we a inherited thru Adam & Eve. The biggest take home message (for me personally) comes in the next verses Gen 3:10-13. Because I often wonder if they had owned up to their actions, without excuses, whether the whole course of humanity might have been changed. And an example, that I should take full responsibility for my sins without laying blame at anyone else's feet.Then follows the curses & being expelled from Eden. I'm stumped on why Gen4:1 has been a source of contention. Adam fathered Cain. Eve's statement, "With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man." This is the first recorded case of human praise to God. Since it carries the sense of gratitude.