But ask now the beasts, and they shall teach thee; and the fowls of the air, and they shall tell thee: or speak to the earth, and it shall teach thee: and the fishes of the sea shall declare unto
Cursed!
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; … and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, … cursed is the ground for
When it’s Better not to Know
And I gave my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. Ecclesiastes 1:17. Adam and Eve both ate of the fruit, and obtained a knowledge which, had they obeyed God, they would never have had,—an experience in
Used by Satan
She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Genesis 3:6. Having herself transgressed, she [Eve] became the agent of Satan working the ruin of her husband. In
Deceived!
And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Genesis 3:1. To man, the crowning work of creation, God has given power to understand His requirements, to comprehend the
Someone to Share
It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Genesis 2:18. After the creation of Adam every living creature was brought before him to receive its name; he saw that
A Chance to Choose
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. Genesis 2:17. Our first parents, though created innocent and holy, were