The readings for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time celebrate man's noble calling to enlist the help of Jesus Christ in our battle against the flesh and against Satan.
The setting of the first reading is the Garden of Eden. God is looking for Adam and Eve, but they are hiding because they have sinned. God calls out to them to invite them to explain their behavior.
Adam admitted eating of the forbidden fruit but blamed God for giving him a woman who tempted him to eat it. When God asked Eve why she did it, she said, "The serpent tricked me into it so I ate it."