Cheryl Schatz

Lin,
You said:

Since Adam named the animals wouldn’t it make sense that he had come across the serpent earlier. Even named him?

Great thought! Yes, I am sure that Adam named the serpent and he saw his nature from his creation. Could he even have seen satan enter the serpent? Perhaps and perhaps that is why he too knew that the garden needed to be guarded. This part is speculation but we do know for sure that Adam was not deceived.