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NASB | Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, "Indeed, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, "Can it really be that God has said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?" [Rev 12:9-11] |
Subject: Distiction in "will" not "rationality" |
Bible Note: Hi Doc! Getting back to the topic of this thread, if animals reason, and if man (not animals) is the image of God, then the image of God does not include reason. If the image of God included reason, then animals also are made in God's image. It may be true that "It is commonly understood today that some animals actually do reason", but so called common understanding is not the basis of a biblical view of man and beast. Animals are unresaoning creatures of instinct (2 Pet 2:12) and man is the image of God (1 Cor 11:7). 2 Pet 2:12 But these, like unreasoning animals, born as creatures of instinct to be captured and killed, reviling where they have no knowledge, will in the destruction of those creatures also be destroyed, 1 Cor 11:7 For a man ought not to have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. |