SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:6
¶ Y vio la mujer que el árbol era bueno para comer, y que era deseable a los ojos, y árbol de codicia para entender; y tomó de su fruto, y comió; y dio también a su marido, y comió con ella.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:6
Verse 6. The tree was good for food] 1. The fruit appeared to be wholesome and nutritive. And that it was pleasant to the eyes. 2. The beauty of the fruit tended to whet and increase appetite. And a tree to be desired to make one wise, which was, 3. An additional motive to please the palate. From these three sources all natural and moral evil sprang: they are exactly what the apostle calls the desire of the flesh; the tree was good for food: the desire of the eye; it was pleasant to the sight: and the pride of life; it was a tree to be desired to make one wise. God had undoubtedly created our first parents not only very wise and intelligent, but also with a great capacity and suitable propensity to increase in knowledge. Those who think that Adam was created so perfect as to preclude the possibility of his increase in knowledge, have taken a very false view of the subject. We shall certainly be convinced that our first parents were in a state of sufficient perfection when we consider, 1. That they were endued with a vast capacity to obtain knowledge. 2. That all the means of information were within their reach. 3. That there was no hinderance to the most direct conception of occurring truth. 4. That all the objects of knowledge, whether natural or moral, were ever at hand. 5. That they had the strongest propensity to know; and, 6. The greatest pleasure in knowing. To have God and nature continually open to the view of the soul; and to have a soul capable of viewing both, and fathoming endlessly their unbounded glories and excellences, without hinderance or difficulty; what a state of perfection! what a consummation of bliss! This was undoubtedly the state and condition of our first parents; even the present ruins of the state are incontestable evidences of its primitive excellence. We see at once how transgression came; it was natural for them to desire to be increasingly wise. God had implanted this desire in their minds; but he showed them that this desire should be gratified in a certain way; that prudence and judgment should always regulate it; that they should carefully examine what God had opened to their view; and should not pry into what he chose to conceal. He alone who knows all things knows how much knowledge the soul needs to its perfection and increasing happiness, in what subjects this may be legitimately sought, and where the mind may make excursions and discoveries to its prejudice and ruin. There are doubtless many subjects which angels are capable of knowing, and which God chooses to conceal even from them, because that knowledge would tend neither to their perfection nor happiness. Of every attainment and object of pursuit it may be said, in the words of an ancient poet, who conceived correctly on the subject, and expressed his thoughts with perspicuity and energy:- Est modus in rebus: sunt certi denique fines, Quos ulta citraque nequit consistere rectum.HOR. Sat., lib. i., Sat. 1., ver. 106.
""There is a rule for all things; there are in fine fixed and stated limits, on either side of which righteousness cannot be found."" On the line of duty alone we must walk.
Such limits God certainly assigned from the beginning: Thou shalt come up to this; thou shalt not pass it. And as he assigned the limits, so he assigned the means. It is lawful for thee to acquire knowledge in this way; it is unlawful to seek it in that. And had he not a right to do so? And would his creation have been perfect without it?
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 6-8 - Observe the steps of the transgression: not steps upward, but downwar toward the pit. 1. She saw. A great deal of sin comes in at the eye Let us not look on that which we are in danger of lusting after, M 5:28. 2. She took. It was her own act and deed. Satan may tempt, but he cannot force; may persuade us to cast ourselves down, but he cannot cast us down, Mt 4:6. 3. She did eat. When she looked perhaps she di not intend to take; or when she took, not to eat: but it ended in that It is wisdom to stop the first motions of sin, and to leave it of before it be meddled with. 4. She gave it also to her husband with her Those that have done ill, are willing to draw in others to do the same 5. He did eat. In neglecting the tree of life, of which he was allowe to eat, and eating of the tree of knowledge, which was forbidden, Ada plainly showed a contempt of what God had bestowed on him, and a desir for what God did not see fit to give him. He would have what he pleased, and do what he pleased. His sin was, in one word disobedience, Ro 5:19; disobedience to a plain, easy, and expres command. He had no corrupt nature within, to betray him; but had freedom of will, in full strength, not weakened or impaired. He turne aside quickly. He drew all his posterity into sin and ruin. Who the can say that Adam's sin had but little harm in it? When too late, Ada and Eve saw the folly of eating forbidden fruit. They saw the happines they fell from, and the misery they were fallen into. They saw a lovin God provoked, his grace and favour forfeited. See her what dishonou and trouble sin is; it makes mischief wherever it gets in, and destroy all comfort. Sooner or later it will bring shame; either the shame of true repentance, which ends in glory, or that shame and everlastin contempt, to which the wicked shall rise at the great day. See her what is commonly the folly of those that have sinned. They have mor care to save their credit before men, than to obtain their pardon from God. The excuses men make to cover and lessen their sins, are vain an frivolous; like the aprons of fig-leaves, they make the matter neve the better: yet we are all apt to cover our transgressions as Adam Before they sinned, they would have welcomed God's gracious visits with humble joy; but now he was become a terror to them. No marvel that the became a terror to themselves, and full of confusion. This shows the falsehood of the tempter, and the frauds of his temptations. Sata promised they should be safe, but they cannot so much as thin themselves so! Adam and Eve were now miserable comforters to eac other!
Original Hebrew
ותרא 7200 האשׁה 802 כי 3588 טוב 2896 העץ 6086 למאכל 3978 וכי 3588 תאוה 8378 הוא 1931 לעינים 5869 ונחמד 2530 העץ 6086 להשׂכיל 7919 ותקח 3947 מפריו 6529 ותאכל 398 ותתן 5414 גם 1571 לאישׁה 582 עמה 5973 ויאכל׃ 398
