창세기 3:2의 인용 해설

Did God really say, etc.: Meaning to say, "Even though this garden is so beloved before the Holy One, blessed be He, such that He brought rivers to water it and commanded Adam to guard it - did He really say not to eat from its fruit?" The woman said to it, "'From the fruit of the trees of the Garden we may eat' (Genesis 3:2), and He did us [another] goodness: For he only prevented us from the tree of knowledge for our [own] good, lest we die. As He did not want to hurt us, since it is poison." He said to her, "Fool! He did not intend it for your good, it is not poison and you will not surely die if you eat from it. Rather He intended it for your detriment. As it is so good that He does not want you to eat from it. For if you eat from it, you will become wise and sly and you will become like the angels, to distinguish between good and evil, to be wise and sly and no mystery will baffle you. But He does not want you to reach the category of angels."