Charles Spurgeon Commentary Genesis 3:4-5

"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil." — Genesis 3:4-5 (ASV)

And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

The serpent insinuated that God selfishly kept them back from the tree, so that they would not grow too wise and become like God Himself. The evil one suggested ambition to the woman's mind, and imputed wicked designs to the ever-blessed and holy God. He did not say any more; the devil is too wise to use many words. I fear that God's servants sometimes weaken the force of the truth by their verbosity, but the serpent was not so when he craftily suggested falsehoods to Mother Eve; he said just enough to accomplish his evil purpose, and no more.