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Genesis 3:2 (WEB)
The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees of the garden,

Catechism · 2

§391Paragraph 7 · The FallRead at vatican.va
“Behind the disobedient choice of our first parents lurks a seductive voice, opposed to God, which makes them fall into death out of envy.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 3:1-5; Wis 2:24.
§397Paragraph 7 · The FallRead at vatican.va
“This is what man's first sin consisted of.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Gen 3:1-11 ; Rom 5:19.

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies V.23Book V
“…shall eat; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die:” when he had [thus] learned from the woman the command of God, having brought his cunning into play, he finally deceived her by a falsehood, saying, “Ye shall…” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 2, 3.
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Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews Chapter 2
“For in the beginning of the world He gave to Adam himself and Eve a law, that they were not to eat of the fruit of the tree planted in the midst of paradise; but that, if they did contrariwise, by death they were to die.” — editor's note: See Gen. ii. 16, 17; iii. 2, 3.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 78
“For if an angel is able to use air, mist, cloud, fire, and any other natural substance or corporal species; and man to use face, tongue, hand, pen, letters, or any other significants, for the purpose of intimating the secret things of his own mind: in a word, if,…” — editor's note: [Judg. xiii. 20. This mysterious subject may be illustrated from Holy Scripture so as to justify our author’s very broad statement. It throws light on Gen.…
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Augustine of Hippo, Homilies on the First Epistle of John Homily 6
“Who even in the case of Job, kept for him his wife, that by her the husband might be, not comforted, but tempted?” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 1–6.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Holy Trinity XII.12Book XII
“…and the woman did not eat alone, but gave to her husband, and they eat together; although she alone spoke with the serpent, and she alone was led away by him: so also in the case of that hidden and secret kind of wedlock, which is transacted and discerned in a single human being, the carnal, or as I may say, since it…” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 1–6
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Jerome, Letters Letter 3
“Perchance, mindful of his old trick, he will try to tempt Bonosus with hunger.” — editor's note: Gen. iii. 1–6; Matt. iv. 1–4.
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