Gênesis 3:2

2 Respondeu a mulher à serpente: “Podemos comer do fruto das árvores do jardim,

Gênesis 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.

Gênesis 3:2 In-Context

1 Ora, a serpente era o mais astuto de todos os animais selvagens que o SENHOR Deus tinha feito. E ela perguntou à mulher: “Foi isto mesmo que Deus disse: ‘Não comam de nenhum fruto das árvores do jardim’?”

2 Respondeu a mulher à serpente: “Podemos comer do fruto das árvores do jardim,

3 mas Deus disse: ‘Não comam do fruto da árvore que está no meio do jardim, nem toquem nele; do contrário vocês morrerão’.”

4 Disse a serpente à mulher: “Certamente não morrerão!

5 Deus sabe que, no dia em que dele comerem, seus olhos se abrirão, e vocês, como Deus, serão conhecedores do bem e do mal”.