Paul D initially refuses, but the power of Lilith in Beloved overrides his refusal and is almost forced to have sex with Beloved. Paul D, as Adam and Eve, has then chosen to make a step towards his departure at 124 just like Adam and Eve were banished from the Garden of Eden. Paul D committed a criminal action of having sex with Beloved, which plays into the story of the Bible when Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This is arguably one of the most definitive parallelisms between the Bible's
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