🕊️ Yom I: Foundations

Day 3: The First Temptation

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Genesis 3:1–7 (ASV)

1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which Jehovah God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of any tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat:

3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as God, knowing good and evil.

6 And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

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.

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🌿 Reflection:

The garden was full of light, beauty, provision, and one curious boundary. One tree. One command. One whispered doubt.

The first temptation was not a direct rebellion—it was a question: "Did God really say...?"

That’s how it often begins—not with defiance, but with distortion. Doubt that dresses up as reason. It doesn’t immediately deny God—it makes us wonder if He’s holding something back.

Eve’s response was honest, but Adam was silent. And in that silence, the serpent slithered through.

How often do we let silence speak when truth should? How often do we lean in toward what looks “good for food” or “desirable for gaining wisdom,” only to find it bitter after the bite?

And yet even in this moment—when eyes were opened and shame came flooding in—God was already preparing to cover them. The same God who formed them still moved toward them.

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Prompt: Why does temptation often come disguised as something reasonable or good?

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