And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden. Genesis 3: 8

The word amongst indicates that they were moving, in an evasive way, to hide from the Lord.

And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? Genesis 3: 9

Of course, God already knew what they had done, and their guilt caused them to hide. Man’s conscious never brings him to God – only the Holy Spirit can do that. Now Adam and Eve are fearful of judgement. The Lord knew where they were physically – He is asking them where they are spiritually. They are now spiritually dead.

THE CONSCIOUS CANNOT BE OF MAN’S MAKING. HE WOULD NOT VOLUNTARILY HAVE SET UP AN ACCUSER, A JUDGE, A TORMENTOR, IN HIS OWN BREAST. {ARTHUR W. PINK, GLEANINGS IN GENESIS}

And he said, I heard Thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And He said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman Thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the Lord said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. Genesis 3: 10-13

• Instead of confession – indirectly Adam blames Eve, but actually he places the entirety of the blame on God!   “The woman Thou gavest to be with me.”
• Instead of confession – Eve blames the serpent

Nothing man can do – will cover his sin. Figs leaves could not cover Adam and Eve’s sin – nor can good deeds erase bad ones. The fig leaf represents man’s own best effort to cover sin.

Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. 1 Timothy 2:14

We do not know why Adam knowingly took the fruit. All of Adam’s descendants are now born with a sinful, fallen nature. No one needs to teach a child to do wrong. Doing wrong is the natural behavior born into every human being.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. Romans 5: 12

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam, all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15: 21-22