Genesis 3:1 meaning and explanation
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden?’”
Genesis 3:1, Berean Standard Bible
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The story opens with the serpent, a creature the LORD God made, described as crafty (Hebrew arum, shrewd or clever). It approaches the woman with a question that distorts God's command from Genesis 2:16-17, which permitted every tree except one.
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