By Elimu Assistant Team 
State five causes of sin according to Genesis 3-11
- Desire to be like God/greed for power.
- Disobedience of man/breaking of the commandments
- Lack of faith in God
- Convincing temptation from the serpent
- Anger and jealousy made Cain kill Abel after God had high regard for him.
- Man’s ambition-man wanted to know what is good and evil.
- Free will choice- God gave them a chance either to choose obedience or disobedience towards God.
- Disrespect also caused sin to Ham did not cover Noah when he was naked. This led to a curse on Ham and his family.
- Lack of knowledge of God.
