It's kind of interesting. God tells Adam before the creation of Eve that he's not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil that's in Genesis 2:16, on pain of death.

在《创世纪》第2章第16节，谈及死亡的痛苦时,上帝在没造出夏娃之前，告诉亚当,他不能吃智慧果。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Milton, of course, is instructing the muse to explain first, before she gets around to explaining anything else, what caused Adam and Eve to fall.

弥尔顿当然是在让缪斯先说，在她说其他事情之前，是什么让亚当夏娃堕落的。

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选