Michael Kruse

“If I am wrong as you believe me to be, then look carefully at the creation account of Adam and everything that happened after he was created and before Eve was created. Can you find anything else that would account for the fact that Adam, the first one created was not deceived? If you can, then that would be further evidence I can use.”

This issue in Timothy is error made because of inadequate instruction.

Gen 2:16-17
“16 And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; 17 but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”â€

Gen 3:2-3
“2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 3 but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.'”

There is no teaching that touching the tree will lead to death. Furthermore, Eve fails to correctly respond to the serpent’s deception, unlike Jesus did in the wilderness. She wasn’t equipped to be able to challenge the serpent’s deception.