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  • From: "Dave Washburn" <dwashbur AT nyx.net>
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Gen 3:15 (snakes)
  • Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 07:46:55 -0700


>
> > the crafty snake who was thereby able to deceive them and
> > lead them into sin.
>
> What deception occurred, from the text it is clear that the serpent did not
> deceive anyone, he merely put a temptation in front of Eve ( and possibly
> Adam for the text could be read as inferring that he was present throughout
> the whole thing, it certainly does not rule it out. )

Excuse me? God says "Eat it and you will die" and the snake
says "No you won't." That's about as flagrant a deception as there
is.

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth;
give me an undivided heart that I may fear your name.
Psalm 86:11




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