Génesis 3:2

2 Y la mujer respondió a la serpiente: Del fruto de los árboles del huerto comemos

Génesis 3:2 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 3:2

And the woman said unto the serpent
Or to him that spoke in the serpent, which she might take to be a messenger from heaven, a holy angel: had she known who it was, she might be chargeable with imprudence in giving an answer, and carrying on a conversation with him; and yet even supposing this, she might have a good design in her answer; partly to set the matter in a true light, and assert what was truth; and partly to set forth the goodness and liberality of God, in the large provision he had made, and the generous grant he had given them: from this discourse of Eve and the serpent, no doubt Plato ^F7 had his notion of the first men discoursing with beasts: we may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
of all and every one of them, which is to be understood, excepting the one after mentioned; so far are we from being debarred from eating of any, which the speech of the Serpent might imply, that they were allowed to eat of what they pleased, but one.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 In Politico, ut supra, (apud Euseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 12.) c. 14.

Génesis 3:2 In-Context

1 Pero la serpiente era astuta, más que todos los animales del campo que el SEÑOR Dios había hecho; la cual dijo a la mujer: ¿Conque Dios dijo: No comáis de ningún árbol del huerto

2 Y la mujer respondió a la serpiente: Del fruto de los árboles del huerto comemos

3 mas del fruto del árbol que está en medio del huerto dijo Dios: No comeréis de él, ni tocaréis en él, para que no muráis

4 Entonces la serpiente dijo a la mujer: No moriréis

5 Mas sabe Dios, que el día que comiereis de él, serán abiertos vuestros ojos, y seréis como dioses, sabiendo el bien y el mal