wow, excellent reply. I haven't read Paradise Lost yet, its one of those books that I know I should read, and I do want to, but haven't gotten around to yet.
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Even though Adam was not the first to eat, he is the one responsible for his wife (for keeping her safe from harm, even if it means telling her,"no.") Adam was the second to eat the fruit, but he was cursed before Eve
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Not to take away from an excellent post, but the order in which punishment is given is first the serpent, then Eve, then Adam.
14 And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
15 And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel.
16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
17 And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
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