Gen 3:2-3 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Gen 3:2-3: 3:2-3 The woman attempted to set the record straight; in the process, she belittled the privileges God had given her and her husband in several ways: (1) She reduced God’s “freely eat” (2:16 ) to may eat ; (2) she downplayed God’s emphasis on the availability of fruit from every tree but one (2:17 ); (3) she added not touching to God’s prohibition against eating (2:17 ); and (4) she softened the certainty of death (2:17 ).

‏ Genesis 3:2-3

Summary for Gen 3:2-3: 3:2-3 ^a The woman attempted to set the record straight; in the process, she belittled the privileges God had given her and her husband in several ways: (1) She reduced God’s “freely eat” (2:16 ^b) to may eat; (2) she downplayed God’s emphasis on the availability of fruit from every tree but one (2:17 ^c); (3) she added not touching to God’s prohibition against eating (2:17 ^d); and (4) she softened the certainty of death (2:17 ^e).