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Eve and the Snake

Why did the serpent tempt Eve?


The Torah tells us (Gen. 3:1) that the serpent was unusually intelligent ("cunning"); perhaps it
resented the fact that Adam and Eve were appointed as rulers over all the other forms of life
(Gen. 1:28). Also, according to the Midrash, the serpent wasnt acting on its own, but was
being directed by the angel Samael, who specializes in tempting Man (see the beginning of the
Book of Job).

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