Why is there a long pause in the Hebrew text after Eve ate in Genesis 3:6?
The Hebrew punctuation after "did eat" in Genesis 3:6 denotes a long pause, which allows time for Adam to come on the scene. Eve had already eaten alone when tempted, and now Adam arrives, sees she has eaten the forbidden fruit, and is momentarily shocked.
Les teaches that the punctuation mark in the Hebrew text after "eat" in Genesis 3:6 denotes a long pause. That pause gives time for Adam to come on the scene. Eve had already eaten, and she must have been alone when Satan approached her and caught her in that moment of weakness, desiring something more than she already had. Then Adam arrives, sees that she has eaten of the forbidden tree, and it must have given him a momentary shock.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.