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Gen 3:6–7: she took and ate; he ate; their eyes were opened

Says The woman sees that the tree is טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל, "good for food," as in 2:9 (וְטוֹב לְמַאֲכָל); that it is תַאֲוָה־הוּא לָעֵינַיִם, "a delight to the eyes" (BDB "desire," "thing desired"); and וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל, "desirable to make wise" (BDB Niphal "desirable"; 2:9 has נֶחְמָד לְמַרְאֶה). לְהַשְׂכִּיל is a Hiphil infinitive; BDB lists Hiphil senses that include "look at" and "give insight, teach," and the BSB has "desirable for obtaining wisdom." Then וַתִּקַּח, וַתֹּאכַל, וַתִּתֵּן גַּם־לְאִישָׁהּ עִמָּהּ, "and she gave also to her husband with her," וַיֹּאכַל, "and he ate," singular. Swete has καὶ ἔφαγον, plural, and the Samaritan reads "and they ate." In 3:7 וַתִּפָּקַחְנָה עֵינֵי שְׁנֵיהֶם, "the eyes of both of them were opened," uses the verb of the promise in 3:5; they know כִּי עֵירֻמִּם הֵם, sew עֲלֵה תְאֵנָה (BDB "fig-tree, (then) fig") and make חֲגֹרֹת, "girdles." The nakedness answers 2:25 (note.language.Gen.2.25.naked-not-ashamed); on the man's presence see note.language.Gen.3.1-Gen.3.5.serpent-dialogue.

Implies This is the first human sin, through which sin and death came to all, as the note on Rom 5:12–14 reads it: "Through Adam's one trespass, sin, death, and condemnation came to all humanity" (note.language.Rom.5.12-Rom.5.14.gen-2-3-adam; see also note.language.Gen.2.5-Gen.2.25.adam-ha-adam).

Claims

  • SaysThree descriptions (טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל; תַאֲוָה־הוּא לָעֵינַיִם, BDB "desire", "thing desired"; וְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל, BDB "desirable"; Hiphil senses "look at", "give insight, teach"); וַיֹּאכַל singular, Swete καὶ ἔφαγον and Samaritan "they ate" plural; eyes opened (the verb of 3:5); fig leaves; girdles.
  • ImpliesThe first human sin, through which sin and death came to all (the note on Rom 5:12–14).

Citations

  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 3:5–7 (WLC/OSHB; morph HC/VNrmsa, HR/Vhc, HC/Vqw3fs, HC/Vqw3ms, HC/VNw3fp, HNcfpa; H6491 at 3:5, 7)
  • OSHB CC BY 4.0 Gen 2:9 (WLC/OSHB)
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H8378, p. 16, entry a.bs.af; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n39
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H2530, p. 326, entry h.de.aa; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n349
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H7919, p. 968, entry u.bi.aa; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n991
  • BDB CC BY 4.0 s.v. H8384, p. 1061, entry w.ad.ae; BDB 1906 page image, archive.org hebrewenglishlex00browuoft, leaf n1084
  • LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 Gen 3:6. LXX read on the Swete page image, vol. 1 (1901), p. 4 (leaf n35).
  • von Gall, Sam. Pent. public domain Gen 3:6 "and they ate"; Samaritan text, von Gall p. 4 (leaf n557), read on the page image
  • BSB public domain Gen 3:6
Sources OSHB CC BY 4.0 BSB public domain BDB CC BY 4.0 LXX (Swete) CC BY-SA 4.0 von Gall, Sam. Pent. public domain Bible Scholarship & Tool CC BY 4.0

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