had already begun to work. She told him that they may eat the fruit of the trees in the garden, but she left out the word “every,” which emphasized God’s bounteous supply. Eve also added to God’s original prohibition. She told the serpent that God had said “nor shall you touch it,” which God did not say at all. Eve had unconsciously begun to adopt Satan’s distorted interpretation of God’s actions, which ignored evidence of His love and threw doubt on His deep concern for human beings. Satan questioned
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