Adam reacted by deliberately eating the fruit after seeing that Eve had already eaten, and Les Feldick emphasizes that Adam was not deceived.
Les says Adam was evidently absent when Eve partook and came on the scene later, knowing what she had done. Unlike Eve, who was caught in a moment of weakness, Adam had to deliberate about the consequences and still ate, willfully disobeying God. The biblical record does not describe an emotional reaction, but it does show Adam's choice was a knowing one.
Genesis 3:6 — It records the actual moment Eve gave the forbidden fruit to Adam and he ate.
1 Timothy 2:14 — It explicitly states that Adam was not deceived, clarifying the nature of his response.
The Bible records the event in Genesis 3:6 without giving Adam's emotional reaction. It says that when the woman saw the tree was good for food, pleasant to the eyes, and desirable to make one wise, she took the fruit, ate it, and gave it to her husband with her, and he ate. The only direct comment on Adam's mental state is in 1 Timothy 2:14: 'And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.' This indicates that Adam was not tricked the way Eve was. Immediately after they ate, Genesis 3:7 says 'the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.' But the text does not tell us what Adam felt or thought in the moment he first saw that Eve had eaten.
Les teaches that the Hebrew manuscripts show a long pause after the word 'eat' in Genesis 3:6, supporting his conclusion that Eve was at least temporarily alone when she took the fruit and that Adam came upon her moments later. When Adam arrived, he knew what she had done. Les emphasizes that Adam was in a totally different state of mind than Eve: the New Testament says Adam was not deceived. Eve was caught in a moment of weakness and ate before she fully realized what she had done. Adam, by contrast, had to deliberate—knowing what Eve had already done and what it meant for her and for the Creator—and then he ate, willfully disobeying God's revealed will. So Les presents Adam's reaction as a considered, deliberate choice rather than an impulsive or deceived one.
No. Both the New Testament and Les's teaching emphasize that Adam was not deceived. Les says Adam was in a totally different state of mind than Eve. Eve was caught in a moment of weakness, but Adam knew exactly what she had done and still ate.
Les points out that the Hebrew punctuation after the word 'eat' indicates a long pause. He explains that Eve must have been at least temporarily alone when she ate, and that moments later Adam came upon her. This is why Adam was able to see what she had done before he made his own choice.
Les says that when Adam came on the scene, he knew what Eve had done. He had to deliberate, knowing what her action meant for her and for his relationship with the Creator. This knowledge made his disobedience willful rather than accidental.
Did Adam Sin Out of Love? The Hebrew Servant Explained
yourself down from this high point in Jerusalem and let the crowd see if the angels are really going to come and help you to escape and bear you up. What a spectacle that would be! You see the temptation? But oh, you see, Jesus refused even that one. And his answer was, verse 7, it is written again. And again quotes the Scripture, it is written again, thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.
Adam's Deliberate Choice
Les teaches that Adam was not deceived; he came on the scene, knew Eve had eaten, deliberated about the implications, and willfully ate.
The Hebrew Pause After Eat
Les explains that the Hebrew manuscripts have a long pause after the word 'eat,' showing Eve was alone and Adam came upon her moments later, allowing him to see what she had done.
Eve's Moment of Weakness; Adam's Later Arrival
Les says Eve was caught at a moment of weakness when she was alone with no support; this positions Adam as arriving afterward and reacting not as someone deceived on the spot but as someone who came upon the already-eaten fruit.
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They were living in all the beauty of paradise, they had no sickness, no death, no disease, no insects, no thorns, I mean, they had it pretty good. But she wasn't satisfied, and Satan detects that, and so he comes now and says, Yeah, Eve, there's something better, all right. Verse 6, "...so when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eye.
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But while Adam and Eve were in the garden, God gave them absolutely no hint of what was coming down the pipe, did He? There were no prophetic statements that by and by something like this would happen. So He chose to put them in time and that was all. He didn't reveal any prophecy or anything like that. So Adam and Eve, they sinned. They ate.
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And all I want you to see here is that we have the very same set of circumstances listed that we're to be warned of that Eve faced at the forbidden tree. Verse 15 of 1 John 2. Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world, for if any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. Now here it comes, verse 16.
The Moment Death Entered the World: Genesis 3 & Romans 5 Explained
Now we've got to compare, go back with me to chapter 2 again in verse 25, so that you pick up this tremendous change that had just taken place. Now there's a lot of speculation as to what that was. Some have imagined that they had some kind of an ethereal euphoria around them before sin came, and that that disappeared, and suddenly they could see they're fleshly naked.
Genesis 3:6: 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.
This is the key verse describing the moment Adam received and ate the forbidden fruit.
1 Timothy 2:14: And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
This verse directly supports Les's teaching that Adam was not deceived, distinguishing his state of mind from Eve's.
Genesis 3:7: And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.
This shows the immediate visible change after Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit.
No. According to Les Feldick, Adam was in a totally different state of mind than Eve. The New Testament says Adam was not deceived; Eve was the one who was deceived and fell into transgression.
Les teaches that Adam was evidently absent. He points to a long pause in the Hebrew text after the word 'eat' and says Eve was at least temporarily alone; moments later Adam came upon her and saw what she had done.
The Scripture does not record an emotional reaction. It simply records that Eve gave the fruit to her husband and he ate. Les focuses on Adam's knowledge and deliberate choice rather than an emotional response.
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