Genesis 3 is the explanation for everything that is broken,--vile, and foolish in our hearts and in this world. Up to this point all is good and both the man and woman dwell in pure innocence before one another and before God. But this is all about to change. In these few verses we watch the malignant scheme of Satan work its way out in the life the first couple. But worse is the foolish and selfish decision made by Adam, humanity's head to abandon God and pursue his own way. The rest is history.