The beginning of sin was from a woman,
and because of her we all die. (Sirach 25:24 | Lexham
English Septuagint)
ἀπὸ γυναικὸς ἀρχὴ ἁμαρτίας,
καὶ διʼ αὐτὴν ἀποθνῄσκομεν πάντες. (Sirach 25:25 |Göttingen
Septuagint)
In Ben Sira the sin was not Adam’s, but Eve’s (Sir.
25.24). (Paolo Sacchi, The History of the Second Temple Period
[Sheffield: Sheffield Academic, Press, 2000], 351 n. 17)
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