Although early humans valued money and possessions, they disdained having to work to get them. In the biblical story of Genesis, Adam and Eve lived an idyllic leisurely life until they were cast out of the Garden of Eden as punishment for their sins: “By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return.” The Bible explicitly linked work to both sin and death.
