Cheryl Schatz

Michael,

Your question is a good on on Genesis 3:7.  If the opening of the eyes came from eating the fruit as it appears to be the case, then it would make sense that the opening of their eyes would come when the fruit became digested and into their system.  That would likely happen at about the same time for both of them.  After all God said that the “day” that they ate of the fruit they would die.  He didn’t say that the instant they ate the fruit they would die.  If we consider the fruit to be like a poison, the poison then becomes effective once it gets into our system.  Again, since she ate and then gave the fruit to her husband, their systems would digest the fruit at about the same time.  Once it started to become a part of them, the fruit did it’s work.

I hope that helps 🙂