Kay

“This did not take away the consequence of the sin, but it did allow God to have some mercy upon her.”

Yes, the suffering the consequence of sin is not the same as being punished for sin. Back to my example of a child being deceived into sexual favors by a man – and then suffering the consequence of contracting a sexually transmitted disease.

The disease was not a punishment, but a consequence of sin.

The same as sinning by deception will make one want to cover “shame” with clothes and hide in the garden. While outwardly, we see no difference between suffering the affects of sin by deception or by rebellion, there is difference between the two.