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What happened after Adam and Eve ate from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
5For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
6¶And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that ...
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Genesis - Eden: Was There Punishment for Disobeying the Lord God? If so, What Was It?
What was punishment for Adam, Eve, and the serpent for disobeying the Lord God's order to not eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Neither Adam or Eve died and their disposition remained ...
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What did the serpent really ask in Genesis 3:1?
One nuance of the meaning of the serpent's question hinges on the translation of מִכֹּל עֵץ (Gen 3:1). Translated as "from every tree" or "from any tree" basically determines whether the serpent ...
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Genesis 2:10 - Why are the verbs and the participle translated into English past tense?
The Hebrew text of Gen. 2:10 states,
וְנָהָר יֹצֵא מֵעֵדֶן לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַגָּן וּמִשָּׁם יִפָּרֵד וְהָיָה לְאַרְבָּעָה רָאשִׁים
Several words capture my attention:
יֹצֵא which is conjugated as ...
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Would it have mattered if God cursed Adam and Eve if they had eaten from the tree of life?
In Genesis chapter 3, Adam and Eve are booted from Eden after God curses them with mortality. Verse 22 says:
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good
and ...
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Where was Adam created?
Genesis 2 describes Adam being put in the Garden of Eden:
7then the Lord God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living ...
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Was Adam present when the serpent was talking with Eve?
Genesis 3:6 (NIV) When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was
good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining
wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to ...
