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Originally Posted by Nell
Bushnell believes the verses should be punctuated and translated as follows: (She's a Greek and Hebrew scholar so she's probably qualified!)
1 Tim. 2:13 For Adam was first formed, then Eve.
14 And Adam was not deceived [when he sinned], but the woman [having] first been thoroughly deceived [became involved] in his transgression.
15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in childbearing, [i.e., the bearing of Jesus Christ] if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety.
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There is no record in Genesis that Eve ever directly heard God's command to NOT eat the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. (TOKOGAE) So how can all women be considered "easily deceived" compared to all men when we really don't know what kind of instruction Eve had received, apparently 2nd hand thru Adam. Perhaps on their wedding night Adam only mentioned it in passing, "
Oh, by the way Lovie, you might want to avoid that one tree in the morning . . . "
If women are supposed to learn in silence and at home, why did that not apply to Adam? What examples do we have in scripture of women being properly educated in silence at home by their husbands? How can we fault Eve for listening to a talking serpent? Did other animals talk too? Was she ever warned about the serpent? Where was Adam to protect her from all of the animals which he had previously named in the presence of God?
If Eve was deceived, then Adam was doubly deceived. And he disobeyed God, which was his transgression alone.
What we are missing here is "context." What was the situation Paul and Timothy were discussing? What had been said that we don't know.