And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:
And the woman saith unto the serpent, `Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we do eat,
And the woman said to the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden;
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Psalms 58:4Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
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but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah
“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
If the snake bites before it is charmed, there is no profit for the charmer.
“For behold, I will send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you,” declares the LORD.
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Although you are aware that the serpent is wiser than all creatures, his cunning is especially noticeable here. As he sets his snares, he pretends to give utterance to the words of God, for God had already said: 'From every tree of the garden you may eat, but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you must not eat, for the day you eat of it you must die. [ Gen 2:16 ] The serpent inserted a falsehood in questioning the woman thus: 'Did God say, you shall not eat of any tree?'
Ambrose of Milan· On Paradise, 12.56-60, 397patristic
And the woman said unto the serpent,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
But there is reason to think that she had already received an injurious impression; for in using the words "lest ye die," instead of "ye shall surely die" [Ge 2:17], she spoke as if the tree had been forbidden because of some poisonous quality of its fruit.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears,
