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NASB | Genesis 3:6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 3:6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was delightful to look at, and a tree to be desired in order to make one wise and insightful, she took some of its fruit and ate it; and she also gave some to her husband with her, and he ate. |
Bible Question: Hank, regarding the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, the beginning of the phrase says "And when the woman saw that the tree was good.." does this imply that her thought already perpetuated the sin? Does that also imply that they did not know what evil was? I believe that both Adam and Eve were very smart, so when they bit the fruit, did they gain more knowledge or did they gain wisdom? Moreover, they now carried the sin in their blood. So we carry that same sin in our blood. (?) And Jesus Christ died for us to allow cleansing of our blood of this sin? |
Bible Answer: Hello again, Newbie - Sin takes many forms. Ultimately all sin, regardless of form, is disobedience of God's commandments. It is rebellion against God. We cannot presume to know what went on in the mind of Eve when she partook of the forbidden fruit and passed it on to Adam. Neither do we know why Adam took and ate the fruit that Eve offered him. So often in Scripture God paints in broad strokes, as He did in the Genesis account of the Fall. We simply don't have all the details. We are not told whether Eve and her husband were acting in open rebellion against God. We do know that God commanded them not to eat of the tree of knowledge of good and evil and told them they would surely die if they did. Scripture tells us that the serpent deceived Eve. He lied to her and she believed him. Had she not understood God's commandment, had she forgotten it, or did she both understand and remember yet believed the serpent instead of God? What about Adam? Same quesions, had he not understood God, had he forgotten what God said, did he want to please his wife more than God? We simply don't know the answers to all these questions. We do know that Adam and Eve disobeyed the commandment of God. Do all the details really matter? We know that they fell and were cast from Eden and through them sin and death came into the world: "for since by a man came death, by a man came the resurrection of the dead, for as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive" [1 Cor. 15:21,22]. ..... Christ did not die merely to cleanse us from Adam's sin, "for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" [Romans 3:23] and "just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned" [Romans 5:12]. By Adam's fall paradise was lost. By Christ's death on the cross, paradise is regained by those who believe in Him. Other Scripture references that I have used in preparing this post are the first three chapters of Genesis; 1 John 2:16; and 1 Timothy 2:14. ..... Soli Deo Gloria! --Hank |