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Mark,

Also there is another problem with Cheryl’s view namely that during God’s judgement on Adam God directly refers to the dialogue between himself and Adam in chapter 2. God said “of which I commanded YOU, ‘you shall not eat’. This is not said to Eve because God didn’t give her the direct command.

Eve already quoted God when she defended him to the serpent. She didn’t need a reminder of what God said, but Adam on the other hand while he was with her didn’t say a word about what God commanded. God calls him on what he had commanded him. And ofcourse God didn’t remind Eve of what he said to Adam when she wasn’t around because she wouldn’t have known about it.

The blame here is given to Adam as the one given the prohibition but who worse than Eve, still rejected it. Therefore we must conclude that God did not give a new command to Eve, or even if he did give one to both (see below for reason) Adam is still held as the major responsible partner. It is not good enough to assume something into the text which can not be supported.

The assumptions Mark that are being made are the ones you are making. You are assuming Adam must have told her. You are assuming that he was more responsible because God gave the command only directly to him by discounting Eve’s testimony. You assume that Eve started to look at God as being stingy when yet he gave her all trees on the planet that had seed. Amazing! You’re assuming she left off words of the command that was given to Adam. You assume she even knew the command that was given to Adam. Your argument is nothing but assumption.