temptation (v. 6) was in the area of strong human drives. John clearly describes it in 1 John 2:16: “the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life.” This is the threefold temptation that came to Jesus, for just as the first Adam fell, the Second Adam must triumph. Special points.—In Genesis the serpent is both literal and figurative. He is not called Satan, although the New Testament later identifies him as such (Rev. 12:9). An ancient story of why snakes crawl on their bellies