tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866907793667701964.post56967120280314489..comments2023-10-16T10:34:27.314-04:00Comments on Fleur Cottage: Week End Musingsfleurcottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17815196168266378048noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866907793667701964.post-24878525245850306962011-09-13T09:22:13.881-04:002011-09-13T09:22:13.881-04:00good thoughts! authority was introduced after the ...good thoughts! authority was introduced after the fall - it's interesting to think about why the crafty creature choose woman over man to speak to. thanks for sharing!fleurcottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17815196168266378048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866907793667701964.post-48467713823046259252011-09-12T20:11:43.031-04:002011-09-12T20:11:43.031-04:00Good Thoughts. According to this passage, the woma...Good Thoughts. According to this passage, the woman clearly knew that she was not permitted to eat of the Tree. Later when she was confronted by God, she blamed it on the serpent. God never rebukes Adam for allowing Eve to eat of it. It was after the fall that God tells Eve that her husband would rule over her. He was not responsible for her before the fall. <br /><br />1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” <br /> 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.’”Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com