
05-06-2008, 04:10 PM
Ndigila and Grip,
No, Eve had sex with the serpent first, and then her husband Adam (Gen. 3:6). The result was that she conceived twins. Cain was from the serpent's seed; while Abel came from Adam. Genesis 4:1 says that: "Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord. And she again bare his brother Abel." Note how Cain and Abel are born in close succession. . Compare this with Seth's birth in Genesis 4:25, "And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth..."
The result of partaking of the 'fruit' was a knowledge that they were naked, a reference to the sexual nature of the sin (Gen. 3:6-7).
In addition, Gen.3:16 says that the woman was cursed in childbearing; a punishment befitting the sexual nature of the 'crime.'
|