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Now when she had tasted of that tree, and was pleased with its fruit, she persuaded Adam to make use of it also. NOW WHEN SHE HAD TASTED OF THAT TREE AND WAS PLEASED WITH ITS FRUIT SHE PERSUADED ADAM TO MAKE USE OF IT ALSO
wness; and Geon runs through Egypt, and denotes what arises from the east, which the Greeks call Nile. 4. God therefore commanded that Adam and his wife should eat of all the rest of the plants, but to abstain from the tree of knowledge; and foretold to them, that if they touched it, it would prove their destruction. But while all the living creatures had one language, 5 at that time the serpent, which then lived together with Adam and his wife, shewed an envious disposition, at his supposal of their living happily, and in obedience to the commands of God; and imagining, that when they disobeyed them, they would fall into calamities, he persuaded the woman, out of a malicious intention, to taste of the tree of knowledge, telling them, that in that tree was the knowledge of good and evil; which knowledge, when they should obtain, they would lead a happy life; nay, a life not inferior to that of a god: by which means he overcame the woman, and persuaded her to despise the command of God.  IS SIGNIFIED WHAT IS SWIFT WITH NARROWNESS AND GIAN RUNS THROUGH EGYPT AND DENOTES WHAT ARISES FROM THE EAST WHICH THE GREEKS CALL NILE GOD THEREFORE COMMANDED THAT ADAM AND HIS WIFE SHOULD EAT OF ALL THE REST OF THE PLANTS BUT TO ABSTAIN FROM THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE AND FORETOLD TO THEM THAT IF THEY TOUCHED IT IT WOULD PROVE THEIR DESTRUCTION BUT WHILE ALL THE LIVING CREATURES HAD ONE LANGUAGE AT THAT TIME THE SERPENT WHICH THEN LIVED TOGETHER WITH ADAM AND HIS WIFE SHEWED AN ENVIOUS DISPOSITION AT HIS SUPPOSAL OF THEIR LIVING HAPPILY AND IN OBEDIENCE TO THE COMMANDS OF GOD AND IMAGINING THAT WHEN THEY DISOBEYED THEM THEY WOULD FALL INTO CALAMITIES HE PERSUADED THE WOMAN OUT OF A MALICIOUS INTENTION TO TASTE THE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE TELLING THEM THAT IN THAT TREE WAS THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL WHICH KNOWLEDGE WHEN THEY SHOULD OBTAIN THEY WOULD LEAD A HAPPY LIFE NAY A LIFE NOT INFERIOR TO THAT OF A GOD BY WHICH MEANS HE OVERCAME THE WOMAN AND PERSUADED HER TO DESPISE THE COMMAND OF GOD
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