Genesis - Chapter 03 - Line 00058

Contemplative Summary

And the woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat.”

Here the human voice answers — the first reply in all of Scripture. The feminine presence, ha’ishah, speaks not from rebellion but from memory, repeating the word once spoken by God. The serpent’s inquiry is met with affirmation: permission still stands. The Hebrew no’khel — “we eat” — carries the tone of continuity, an ongoing trust in what has been given. Miperi etz hagan — “from the fruit of the trees of the garden” — evokes abundance rather than limit; a field of nourishment within divine order.

Yet beneath this simplicity, the exchange already trembles with tension. Speech now mediates awareness — echoing divine language but filtered through human recall. What was direct communion becomes conversation, reflection, interpretation. The woman stands as the first interpreter, her voice bridging creation’s command and consciousness’s curiosity.

To contemplate this line is to feel the innocence of articulation before distortion enters — the purity of answering what questions without fear. Every time we speak to what tempts or tests us, we reenact this moment: the attempt to hold truth through language. Here, trust still breathes in the words, and permission remains unbroken — a reminder that even in the shadow of questioning, the heart first responds in harmony.