This passage tells how the serpent convinces woman that eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil is okay. Woman is easily persuaded and both man and woman ate its fruit. They then gained the knowledge of good and evil.
Verse 1 tells us that the serpent was no ordinary creature. In fact, the serpent "was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the LORD God had made". Initially, woman knows that she shouldn't eat from that particular tree because God said so. Verse 3 "God said, 'You must not eat it or touch it, or you will die'." But, the serpent easily changes woman's mind by telling her that "when you eat it your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil".
Because of her thirst for wisdom, woman ate from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and so did her husband. Verse 6 says "she also gave [some] to her husband, [who was] with her, and he ate [it]." If man was with woman while this entire thing transpired, why didn't he try to stop her, and why didn't he refuse to eat? I think man was also convinced that the fruit was good for eating, even though God had warned them against doing so. After eating the fruit from this tree, they realized that they were naked and concluded that they should be clothed. Therefore they made clothes out of fig leaves to cover themselves with.
This passage really shows the fight between obedience and curiosity. Man and woman knew that God didn't want them to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. In fact, He provided them with many other trees with good fruit so that it would be easier for them to obey. But, woman was curious as to why she couldn't eat this tree, and therefore was easily convinced that God didn't want her to be like Him. In the end, curiosity triumphed and the first sin was committed.
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