Arcana Coelestia # 192
192. Hence the “serpent” or sensuous part, persuaded the woman to inquire into matters pertaining to faith in the Lord in order to see whether they are really so, which is signified by “eating of the tree of knowledge;” and that the rational of man consented, is signified by “the man that he did eat” (verses 1-6).
Genesis 3:8
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They heard the voice of Yahweh God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of Yahweh God among the trees of the garden.