method. In a sense the serpent was right!15 Adam and Eve did not die immediately, and their eyes were opened. They attained knowledge that belonged naturally to God. However, the serpent neglected to tell the whole story. While he cleverly extolled all that Eve would gain, he failed to mention what she would lose. He did not explain that this new knowledge, so illegitimately acquired, is not what she really wanted. Though Adam and Eve did not die immediately, they were expelled from the garden, which