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Verse 1. Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the lord had made, And he said unto the woman, yes, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every true of the garden?

2. And the woman said unto the serpent; we many eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden.

3. But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4. And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die;

5. For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened; and ye shall be as gods; knowing good and evil.

6. And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Well now, they say God is always among us protecting us from evil, but apparently he wasn’t back then. First, how and why, would God create a talking snake and why hasn’t he made any since? And this enticement thing. Remember, God put the tree smack in the middle of the garden, where as caretakers they would pass it everyday. Why not put it out on the edge somewhere? And, just to make sure the fruit is not eaten, make it taste like a cum-quat and smell like rotten eggs. God has let the snake slither by him, tempt the woman and you know the rest of the story.

But in Chapter 4, Adam and Eve have had two sons, Cain and Abel, and Abel was a keeper of sheep, Cain was a tiller of the ground. When they brought their respective offerings to God, Cain’s was refused because God was not a vegetarian and Cain’s hands were probably dirty.

Anyway, Cain gets mad, snuffs Abel and heads off to the land of Nod, somewhere east of Eden, and takes up with a Nod woman. This is where, long ago, the bible broke down for me. End of the species right, with Cain the lone survivor? Nah, some pretty crafty writer of the “True Word” saw that, and came up with the “land of Nod.” So, most of us are descended from a rogue woman from Nod and a fugitive, cursed killer, with a tattoo on his forehead from near Eden. Some beginning huh? God must have thought, “what have I wrought?”

But this didn’t happen did it? Of course not. But you don’t see any disclaimers notices anywhere in the Bible though, do ya? All this was intended to show the power of God to the peasants. Further, when they paid their tithes (taxes) to the priests, God wanted the priests to have lamb chops over “grits and cornbread.” “Don’t be rollin’ in here with your wheel barrow full of squash and dumpin’ it on the Alter!” God wants fat “firstlings!” Look it up!!