Genesis 3:2

The Serpent’s Deception · Genesis 3:1–7

Translations

Modern

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Traditional

And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

Literal

And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,

Latin

Cui respondit mulier: De fructu lignorum, quæ sunt in paradiso, vescimur:

Original

Hebrew

English

The woman answered the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden,

Notes

Genesis 3:2–3

The woman tried to clarify things. But in several ways, she made the privileges God gave her and her husband seem less important:

She changed God’s words from “freely eat” (2:16) to may eat.
She minimized the importance of having fruit from every tree except one (2:17).
She added not touching to God’s rule against eating (2:17).
She made the threat of death seem less certain (2:17).

Genesis 3:1–24

When the man and woman rebelled against God, it disrupted their harmony with the earth, animals, each other, and God.

Theme notes and profiles

Adam and Eve Community Responsibility: Achan’s Sin Human Sexuality Marriage and Sexuality Sin Enters the World Symbolic Numbers The Creation The Dangers of Sin The Purpose of the Sinai Covenant The Tabernacle Violation of the Sacred Women’s Roles in the New Testament Church

Events

The Fallc. 4004 BC

Parallels

Romans 5:12–21

Topics

Craftiness: Satan, in the Temptation of Eve Fall of Man: General Scriptures Concerning Influence: Evil: Satan Over Adam and Eve Man: Disobeyed God by Eating Part of the Forbidden Fruit Presumption: Satan, when he Said to Eve, |You Will Surely not Die| Serpent: Satan Appears to Eve in the Form of Temptation: General Scriptures Concerning Temptation: Yielding to Adam and Eve The Fall of Man: Through Temptation of the Devil Woman: Deceived by Satan Women: Fall of, and Curse Upon