Figure NAM-can-052. Anthropocephalic (human-headed) Nahash (Serpent of the Garden of Eden) entwining the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Paradise, flanked by Eve holding the fruit and Adam reaching for it, both covering their private parts, the subject referred to in the Bible (Old Testament), NRSV as follows: ◆ "Now the serpent [נָחָשׁ, nahash = "snake/serpent" in Hebrew] was more crafty than any other wild animal that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the garden’?” The woman said to the serpent [נָחָשׁ, nahash], “We may eat of the fruit of the trees in the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the garden, nor shall you touch it, or you shall die.’” But the serpent [נָחָשׁ, nahash] said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So 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 its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves." (Genesis 3: 1-7).
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