had not really misled the woman about eating the fruit. By speaking so ambiguously, the serpent kept the woman off guard as it led her to doubt that eating this fruit would bring death. The serpent then asserted that God had given this restriction in order to prevent humans from becoming like divine beings, knowing good and evil. With three potent arguments, the serpent sought to lead the woman and the man to believe that observing the prohibition was foolish. First, God did not intend to put to