The Bible In Paintings: SATAN TEMPTS EVE

[Hebrews 11:6]

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G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 3, VERSES 1-6

Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?”

The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God did say, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.’ ”

“You will not surely die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

1
JEAN-BAPTISTE MARIE PIERRE
"The Temptation of Eve"

2
GUSTAVE MOREAU
"Eve"

3
HANS BALDUNG GRIEN
"Eve, the Serpent, and Death"

4
PIERRE CLAUDE FRANÇOIS DELORME
"Eve Tempted by the Serpent"

5
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Eve Tempted by the Serpent"

6
HENRI ROUSSEAU
"Eve and the Serpent"

7
HENRY FUSELI
"The Serpent Tempting Eve"

8
JOHN RODDAM SPENCER STANHOPE
"Eve Tempted"

9
LOTHAR VON SEEBACH
"La Tentation"

10
PIERRE JEAN VAN DER OUDERAA
"The Temptation of Eve"

11
"Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil"

12
VIKTOR KARLOVICH SCHTEMBER
"Eva"

13
PAUL GAUGUIN
"Exotic Eve"

14
G.SURAND
"Eve in Eden"

15
HENDRIK GOLTZIUS
"Eve"

16
RUTH COLLET
"Eve with the Serpent"

17
LUCAS CRANACH I
"Eva"

18
GIUSEPPE BEZZUOLI
"Eve Tempted by the Snake"

19
LORENZO MAITANI
"Eve and the Tree"

20
WILLIAM BLAKE
"The Temptation and Fall of Eve"

21
WALTER CRANE
"Temptation of Eve"

22
DEFENDENTE FERRARI
"Eve Tempted by the Serpent"

23
PAUL RANSON
"Eve"

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24
WILLIAM BLAKE
"Satan Exulting over Eve"

[Forgiven_Sinner]

Wow. A lot of gorgeous Eves, but only Blake in #20 showed Adam in the picture. Scripture says,

“6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.”

So Adam was right with her and didn’t say a thing to counter Satan. As much as men like to blame Eve, Adam is just as guilty.

[Hebrews 11:6]

They both took the Fall for it.

[Red Badger]

Now you know why women hate snakes!

My wife will kill any snake she comes across, even the good ones!......................