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The Septuagint 3.13 · 3.13

The serpent deceived me

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καὶ εἶπεν Κύριος ὁ θεὸς τῇ γυναικί Τί τοῦτο ἐποίησας; καὶ εἶπεν ἡ γυνή Ὁ ὄφις ἠπάτησέν με, καὶ ἔφαγον.

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The woman's confession, unlike Adam's, at least names the true agent correctly — the serpent — but the pattern of deflection continues one link further down the chain. Only the serpent, questioned last, has no one left to blame, and receives no question at all — only sentence.

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