創世記第3章的蛇

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From: 以斯拉百科網 

本文選自 陳終道著，《聖經問題解答》(香港：天道出版社)

編輯：JY

 The woman replied, ‘We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden, but God told us not to eat fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, or touch it, or we will die.’ – Slide 3

創世記第3章的蛇，是實在的蛇，但受了魔鬼的利用，去誘惑始祖。因為本章後半記載神審判亞當夏娃前，先審判了「蛇」。

神對蛇的咒詛具雙重意義：

  1. 一方面懲罰了實在的蛇--「耶和華神對蛇說，你既作了這事，就必受咒詛，比一切的牲畜 野獸更甚，你必用肚子行走，終身吃土。」
  2. 另一方面，創 3:15 提及對蛇的懲罰又是預言到魔鬼將被擊敗-「……女人的後裔要傷你的頭，你要傷他的脚跟。」如果那誘惑夏娃的蛇不是實在的蛇，神不至讓蛇受咒詛「比一切的牲畜更甚…」。

至於蛇被魔鬼利用而會說話並不希奇，因為以色列人出埃及時，神曾令巴蘭所騎的驢開口說話（民 22 ：28~30 ）。何況，人類未犯罪之前，動物是否不能通曉人意，仍未可知。 



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