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Even though Eve ate the fruit first, God went looking for Adam. It had been Adam whom God had revealed himself to as LORD God in the context of giving Adam divine instruction.

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Tony Evans
Age: 75
Born: 1949
Born: September 10
Pastor
Radio Personality
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Baltimore
Maryland
Anthony Tyrone Evans
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Instruction
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