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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 to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit of it, and ate; and she gave some to her husband with her, and he ate.
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The Anatomy of Temptation
Commentators explain that the transgression followed a clear pattern: seeing, desiring, and acting. The temptation appealed to three core areas: physical appetite ('good for food'), aesthetic desire ('pleasant to the eyes'), and prideful ambition ('desired to make one wise'). This progression serves as a timeless warning about how sin takes root, moving from a look to a desire to a rebellious act.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
נחשׁ nachash: “serpent; related: hiss,” Gesenius; “sting,” Meyer. ערוּם 'ārûm: “subtle, crafty, using craft for…
19th Century
Anglican
EXCURSUS C: ON THE DURATION OF THE PARADISIACAL STATE OF INNOCENCE.
The Bereshit Rabba argues that Adam and Eve re…
Baptist
Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Yes, has God said, You shall…
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16th Century
Protestant
And when the woman saw—This impure look of Eve, infected with the poison of concupiscence, was both the messenger and the witness of an im…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, &c.] She being near the tree, and perhaps just at it when the ser…
Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downward toward the pit.
She saw. A great deal of sin comes in at the…
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