Eve Spins While Adam Digs
Eve Spins While Adam Digs Eve spins while Adam digs; thirteenth-century stone relief, Sainte Chapelle, Paris. As the narrative continues, Eve is tricked by the “crafty” serpent into eating forbidden fruit ( Gen. 3:1–7 ). In part, she apparently believes that if she does so, she will not die, but will become like God , knowing good and evil (a possible figure of speech for “knowing all things” ). She also wants to eat the fruit, however, because she sees that it is good for food and a delight to the eyes. After eating the fruit, she gives some to her husband, who the text says “was with her” ( i.e. , party to the exchange with the serpent, though silent throughout), and he eats as well. As a consequence of this disobedience, both Adam and Eve are suddenly ashamed of their nakedness, and they create garments of fig leaves for themselves. Then, God expels them from the garden and Eve is specifically punished in two ways: she (and apparently, though not explicitly, all wome...