Eve in Another Light

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Eve in Another Light

As I wondered through the garden I grew curious as I approached the tree in the

middle of the garden. I knew that I was not supposed to partake of the fruit from this tree

but I didn't completely understand why. The tree of the knowledge of good and evil did

not seem like such a bad tree. After all, didn't God want us to be knowledgeable? As I

was standing pondering on this question the serpent popped his head out of the tree. He

said to me, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat from any tree in the garden'?" I said to the

serpent, "We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, 'You shall not

eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you

shall die.'" But the serpent said to me, " You will not die; for God knows that when you

eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."

(Genesis 3:1-5) I thought about this issue for a moment while I examined the fruit closely

with my eyes being careful not to touch it. The fruit was beautiful so I picked a piece and

ate. Adam came up and I gave him some of the fruit and he ate. Instantly we both

realized that we were not clothed properly and we found leaves and sewed them together

to make clothes.

Later on that evening we heard God walking through the garden. We were both

scared and we didn't want him to see us naked so we hid behind the trees. God called out

and asked us where we were. Adam answered him and told him that he hid because he

was afraid because he was naked. God then asked Adam who told him he was naked and

asked if he had eaten fruit off of the one forbidden tree. Adam quickly explained that he

had done nothing wrong and I gave him fruit and he ate it. God then turned to me and

said, "What is this that you have done?" (Genesis 3:13) I told him that the serpent tricked

me and assured me that I was doing nothing wrong by partaking of the fruit from this

forbidden tree. I also told him that I only wanted to do my best to please him and I

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