He was concerned for their safety and well-being. How much suffering and headache could we have avoided if they had just trusted God to be a caring and loving father? How much suffering and headache could I have avoided, if at times in my life, I had trusted God to be a caring and loving father?God the Father, who is truly loving and caring for Adam and Eve says:
"You are free to eat from any of the trees of the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil. From that tree you shall not eat; when you eat from it you shall die." (Gen 2:16-17)