pinklight

you must also keep in mind that the dialogue between the serpent and the women is the context. So when i talk about omission of ‘all’ and ‘yhwh’, and the adding of ‘touching it’, this is because the woman is being deceived through the conversation.

Mark, you’ve no proof from the text that she was deceived when she answered the serpent’s question. Her answer was correct about what they could eat, putting aside your assumption that she knew the command God gave Adam before she was created. They both could eat fruit from the trees in the garden since both could eat fruit from trees on the entire earth. Her answer was framed according to the way the serpent framed his question – on garden trees. I don’t assume she knew the command given to Adam. There is not a shred of evidence that she knew it. In fact, when ALL the evidence is held up and compared, (including a comparison of God’s command to the serpent’s exact words) Eve is COMPLETELY oblivious as can be seen in her response to the serpent, to the command that God gave Adam when she wasn’t around.

She is being deceived into believing that God is stingy, she is being deceived into thinking that God is harsh. This is the context. PLease remember that. It seems that your comments are not really engaging with the text and context, but more with how i worded things in my answer.

How can you read Eve’s mind if you can’t see through her eyes? The text in Gen 3 explicitly shows us her perception of when she is decieved and that’s when she looks at the fruit as good. We can see through her eyes wihtout a doubt at that point. And tell me this, how could she think God stingy who gave her trees of the planet? That makes no sense at all, Mark. Please explain that?