Charis

it wouldn’t also fit that after they are “found out” he blames his wife for his sin instead of continuing to lay down his life for her and take the fall for her. And it seems to be that God gives Adam no condemnation for his way of loving her enough to lay down his life for her (after refusing to lift a finger to help her when she was in her deception).

Cheryl, did you mean “condemnation” or “commendation” above? “Condemnation” makes no sense to me in context.

Certainly, Adam failed at the commission to “keep”=guard,watch, protect ore else what was the enemy doing in there unchallenged? And if, as the text seems to indicate in the plain English, Adam was “with her” when the serpent was weaving his tale, then Adam again fails to guard,watch, protect.

In the events and motives leading up to the Fall, they both made poor choices (though I think our armchair judgments of them may assume far more negatively than the reality of a perfect couple very near to an umarred image of God). However, the real difference comes in their responses when confronted with their bad decisions. That is where I see more of a distinct contrast. Adam blameshifts and “covers up his sin” while Eve tells the truth/comes clean without blaming her husband or God. Bushnell refers to her as the first Believer in the Messiah. Eve Becomes a Believer