Lin

“1.we only have I recorded instance of God’s command not to touch the tree of knowledge. This was given to Adam only (Eve was not created). Therefore the question is raised, how did Eve know. Either Adam told her or God told her. ”

Much is made of this to prove hierarchy. But many times information is given to a partner to tell another partner. This proves nothing about hierarchy. It does prove that the one who has less knowledge or personal experience could be easily decieved. This would apply to Eve who did not see the creating going on in the Garden that Adam saw. But it does not prove hierarchy in the One Flesh Union that God intended.

I am not sure how you view Gen 1, whether you see it as a Macro view and Gen 2 as a micro view. It would be interesting to know.

How can we know who told Eve except from what we read in the Word:

“He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You[a] shall not eat of any tree in the garden’?” 2And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden, 3but God said,(B) ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'” 4(C) ”

It is adding to the Word for anyone to say that only Adam told her. Speculating on this is senseless.