Whenever we read articles or hear stories about Adam and Eve, we always see or hear that Satan deceived the woman Eve in the garden.
But, the Bible doesn’t say it was Satan who deceived Eve.
In Genesis 3:1~5, it reads;
1 Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”
2 And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; 3 but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’ ”
4 Then the serpent said to the woman, “You will not surely die. 5 For God knows that in the day you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
The original Hebrew text says the same; It was נחש (NaKhash; serpent, snake, dragon), not mentioned as שטן (SaTan).
Then, how can anyone say that it was Satan who deceived Eve?
The answer is in Revelation chapter 12.
Here it is;
Revelation 12:3~4 (NKJV)
3 And another sign appeared in heaven: behold, a great, fiery red dragon having seven heads and ten horns, and seven diadems on his heads. 4 His tail drew a third of the stars of heaven and threw them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to give birth, to devour her Child as soon as it was born.
Revelation 12:7~9 (NKJV)
7 And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought, 8 but they did not prevail, nor was a place found for them in heaven any longer. 9 So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Now, we are 100% sure that the serpent was indeed Satan the Devil who deceived Eve.
Shalom (שלום).