The original sinful act is told differently in Genesis than it is in Enoch. Genesis describes the sinful act as a serpent convincing Eve to take the fruit from the tree of knowledge, which was forbidden. Enoch describes the devil as the seducer of Eve. “And he understood his condemnation and the sin which he had sinned before, therefore he conceived thought against Adam, in such form he entered and seduced Eva, but did not touch Adam” (Enoch 31). The devil is made out to be jealous of Adam and vengeful for his own fall, therefore he exacts revenge through seducing Eve. It is important to note that in both versions of the original sinful act the women is made out to be the original sinner and that who seduces Adam into eating the fruit.
God’s punishments differ between both versions as well. Genesis is much more detailed when discussing God’s wrath. It describes the punishment to each sinner (the serpent, Eve and Adam). It is interesting to note that while the serpent and Eve both suffer specific punishment (the serpent is without arms or legs and bound to the ground and the women is forced to give birth and serve her husband) Adam is not punished individually. God says “Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Genesis 3:17). God has cursed the land in which he inhabits rather than Adam. Enoch is much more vague in its descriptions of God’s punishments and just says that God sent Adam away from paradise.
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