To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Gen 2:17: Dying thou shalt die
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 16:50:49 -0500
<Kol>
>>The Rabbis make an interesting remark on the phrase 'wih:yiytem
k"(lohiym',
saying that this was exactly what the snake promised them: to be creators of
worlds. See Gen. Rabbah 19:4, cited in Rashi, Gen. 3:5.
<Bill>
Yet the ssssssnake wassssss dessssssssssscccieving. They didn't become like
Elohim, just burdened with a conscience, frustrated at gardening and the
like. :->