The first thing to take note of is the original telling of Adam and Eve from the Bible. This states that God created a man and a woman in a fruitful Garden of Eden with all they needed. They were not clothed, were not ashamed and had no worries.
In the next part, God tells them to not eat the fruit from one tree. A snake encourages Eve to eat and says that if she does, she will be smarter. So she does, and gets Adam to eat as well. They then notice that they are naked and go to cover themselves. God then punishes them to have all of the problems of the world that we have today.
Most people know this part of the story, and I can already think of ways to change it. There are certain details like the snake, God telling them not to eat from a certain tree, and Adam and Eve's lack of shame from being naked that would be interesting if changed. It could make the story into something completely different, although I would still like it to explain how we got our problems of today so I will have to think of a way to tie it into that.
As the story continues, we see that the angels and Satan (still an angel) get jealous of Adam. This would eventually lead to Satan's fall and create the devil we know today. How interesting it would be if a detail were changed here.
It would also be interesting if a different punishment were given to the snake, or if he had been forgiven instead.
Adam and Eve from Genesis and from the Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg
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