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“We may eat from the trees of the garden,” the woman answered the Shining One,[a] “but as for the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You are not to eat from it, nor are you to touch it, or you will die.’”

“You certainly will not die!” the Shining One[b] told the woman.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 3:2 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14
  2. Genesis 3:4 Or the Diviner; the Heb. word ha-Nachash connotes one who falsely claims to reveal God’s word; or the Serpent; cf. Isa 14:12; Eze 28:13-14