One is often struck by the certainty with which many seem to believe that God spoke directly to Eve concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is no wonder, because most assume that God explicitly spoke to Eve about it. But I believe this is an based on a faulty assumption -- a speculation, in which God spoke directly to Eve when we are never explicitly told that He did:

Genesis 3:3b: "God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

If Eve's is relating a face-to-face encounter with God, and if touching the tree produced lethal consequences, then what would have prevented Adam, who received a different message from God before Eve was ever created (2:22), from being killed if he touched the fruit as Eve stated?

It will be remembered that "the man" received his commandment directly from God (2:16-17):

Genesis 2:17b: "[For] in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

How then is Eve relating a personal encounter with God if she doesn't relate the message given to Adam?

Many believe that God spoke directly to Eve concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is no wonder, because most assume that God explicitly spoke to Eve about it. But I believe this may be based on a faulty assumption -- a speculation in which God spoke directly to Eve when we are never explicitly told that He did:

Genesis 3:3b: "God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

If Eve's is relating a face-to-face encounter with God, and if touching the tree produced lethal consequences, then what would have prevented Adam, who received a different message from God before Eve was ever created (2:22), from being killed if he touched the fruit as Eve stated?

It will be remembered that "the man" received his commandment directly from God (2:16-17):

Genesis 2:17b: "[For] in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

How then is Eve relating a personal encounter with God if she doesn't relate the same message given to Adam in Genesis 3:3?

One is often struck by the certainty with which many seem to believe that God spoke directly to Eve concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. That is because, with the greatest reverence to God, it seems clear that Adam and Eve’s disobedience had to occur in relatively short order for His Plan to proceed.

One is often struck by the certainty with which many seem to believe that God spoke directly to Eve concerning the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. It is no wonder, because most assume that God explicitly spoke to Eve about it. But I believe this is an based on a faulty assumption -- a speculation, in which God spoke directly to Eve when we are never explicitly told that He did:

Genesis 3:3b: "God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’”

If Eve's is relating a face-to-face encounter with God, and if touching the tree produced lethal consequences, then what would have prevented Adam, who received a different message from God before Eve was ever created (2:22), from being killed if he touched the fruit as Eve stated?

It will be remembered that "the man" received his commandment directly from God (2:16-17):

Genesis 2:17b: "[For] in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."

How then is Eve relating a personal encounter with God if she doesn't relate the message given to Adam?