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regarding what Adam and Eve said to God about the fall is important. Both rather than admitting their fault, pass it on.

Gen 3:13 Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

God knows Adam told the truth by the question he asks of the woman. Now the woman also has not lied, it was the serpent who deceived her, but in EXACTLY the same was as Adam, she has not admitted her own fault.

Eve was saying that the serpent is at fault for the reason why she ate that is, for deceiving her, and the serpent IS at fault! Eve was right in blaming the serpent! Even God blames the serpent right along with the woman! God says to the serpent “Because you have done this”. The serpent is guilty as charged by Eve and God. The one that Eve and God blamed was even cursed by God. Eve blamed someone who was guilty.

God speaks of blame by saying “Because you have done this…” and the result of the blame to the serpent is a curse. It isn’t a guess that God cursed the serpent because the inspired text says “cursed are you…”

So Eve confessed the reason why she ate – she was deceived. Being out of her deception she was aware that the serpent had deceived her. She blamed the guilty. But what about Adam?