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גן עדן

Gan Eden: The Tree of Knowledge

The most cunning of all the beasts of the field.

וְהַנָּחָשׁ הָיָה עָרוּם מִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה ה' אֱלֹקִים׃

בראשית ג:א

"And the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field that Hashem God had made."

Bereishis 3:1

She gave it to her husband, and he ate.

וַתֵּרֶא הָאִשָּׁה כִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל וְכִי תַאֲוָה הוּא לָעֵינַיִם וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל וַתִּקַּח מִפִּרְיוֹ וַתֹּאכַל וַתִּתֵּן גַּם לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ וַיֹּאכַל׃

בראשית ג:ו

"And the woman saw that the tree was good for eating and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable as a means to wisdom, and she took of its fruit and ate, and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate."

Bereishis 3:6

On your belly you shall go.

אָרוּר אַתָּה מִכׇּל הַבְּהֵמָה וּמִכֹּל חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה עַל גְּחֹנְךָ תֵלֵךְ וְעָפָר תֹּאכַל כׇּל יְמֵי חַיֶּיךָ׃

בראשית ג:יד

"Cursed are you above all the cattle and above every beast of the field. On your belly you shall go, and dust you shall eat all the days of your life."

Bereishis 3:14

The way to the Tree of Life, closed.

וַיְגָרֶשׁ אֶת הָאָדָם וַיַּשְׁכֵּן מִקֶּדֶם לְגַן עֵדֶן אֶת הַכְּרֻבִים וְאֵת לַהַט הַחֶרֶב הַמִּתְהַפֶּכֶת לִשְׁמֹר אֶת דֶּרֶךְ עֵץ הַחַיִּים׃

בראשית ג:כד

"And He drove out the man, and stationed east of the Garden of Eden the keruvim and the flame of the ever-turning sword, to guard the way to the Tree of Life."

Bereishis 3:24

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