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Charis,

Good observations about Keeper and Watchman.

However, keep in mind that the husband was NOT deceived. Some points of thought:

1. Both Adam and Eve were commissioned by God to exercise dominion, a dominion of guardianship over the earth and it’s creatures.
2. Adam as the first one created was further commissioned to be a Watchman/Guardian/Keeper in Eden.
3. Neither of these responsibilities was over or upon the other. Adam was not Eve’s ‘keeper’ or guardian and Eve was not Adam’s ‘keeper’ or guardian. There’s was to be a relationship of unity, togetherness, mutual support, and equality.
4. In that equality (neged) Eve was created to allay the man’s aloneness. Together they are to be united as one. Her equality with the man is a primary point in alleviating lonliness. She, her very person, including her equality with the man (not her actions) is the strong help that allays loneliness.
5. As the perfectly strong and equal partner she was created to be to the man, and the fact that they were to be ‘as one’, the husband cleaving to the wife, it is likely that she was to join him in guarding Eden. It would be something that they would do in perfect ‘oneness’. But that didn’t happen, as the husband did not cleave to her. He stood separate just listening as the serpent deceived her.