a symbol of Israel, and hence they see his story as a deliberate anticipation of the entire Old Testament story. Israel would later be given a promised land, a beautiful garden, and a law to obey (these events are told in the books of Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, and so on). When Israel does not obey, when they are led astray by the Canaanites, one of whose famous gods was the serpent, they are expelled from the land (as told in the books of 1 and 2 Kings). A great many scholars see the Genesis 3
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