I was recently reading Genesis 2 and 3 and among another point I noticed something I had overlooked in the past and probably for the same reason I had overlooked the other thing I started another thread about; in all of my learned teachings and sermons upon God's Word the theme of the Creation of Man and Woman and how the Original Sin occurred overshadowed other facts like the fact that we know for certain that God only told Adam not to eat of the Forbidden Tree, the Tree of the K of G & E.
Genesis 2:16-18 NIV "And the Lord God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat from it you will certainly die.”
"The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”"
Genisis 2: 21-22 NIV "So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man’s ribs and then closed up the place with flesh. Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man."
We have no record that God told Eve not to eat of the Forbidden Tree, yet she was responsible for knowing such. We are however informed that Adam was given the command from God not eat of the Forbidden Tree BEFORE Eve was created. This seems to imply that Adam was supposed to effectively, accurately and powerfully/impressively,
relay the command to Eve.
How did Eve respond to the serpent?
Genesis 3:2-3 NIV "The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, 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.’ ”"
What Eve tells the serpent is not what God told Adam. If God had told Eve it makes absolute sense that God would have differentiated what Tree in the middle of the Garden from which not to eat just as He did with Adam, as there were two Trees in the middle of the Garden. Consequentially, one is led to believe that Adam relayed the command to Eve. As I understand it Adam and Eve were perfect so there was no mental deficiency at play preventing an understanding. Did Adam drop the ball? Well, God in His Omniscience, punished both of them severely. One could say and I have heard such in the past that the woman who ate first had beguiled the man to eat; that Eve's perfect beauty and now enlightenment of evil as well as good made Adam a naive victim in the original sin. But what if the reason for Eve's sin was because Adam failed to effectively relay God's command to Eve? This would give credence to God punishing both severely.
Do you think that Adam dropped the ball in relaying God's command? What do you observe in male/female relations when it comes to relaying imperative commands?
