Auch hier stellen die Menschen der Urkirche, die das Leben als ihr eigenes empfinden (die Frau) und von ihren Sinnen beeinflusst sind (die Schlange), den Herrn in Frage. Man hatte ihnen gesagt, dass es sie geistig zerstören würde, wenn sie ihren Verstand benutzen würden, um das Wesen des Herrn zu erforschen. Aber würde es das wirklich? Mit ihren Sinnen konnten sie keinen Grund dafür erkennen.

(参考: Himmlischen Geheimnissen 205)

3168. 'And they ate and drank' means making one's own the good and truth introduced in this way. This is clear from the meaning of 'eating' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 2187, 2343, and more specifically (since 'eating' has reference to bread and 'bread' means good, 276, 680, 2165, 2177, 2187) making good one's own; and from the meaning of 'drinking' as being communicated and joined together, thus being made one's own, dealt with in 3089, and more specifically (since 'drinking' has reference to wine and 'wine' means truth, 1071, 1798) making truth one's own. The situation is as stated above in 3167, namely that when truth is introduced into good in the rational, more so when it is joined to it, the good and truth of the spiritual man, that is, spiritual things, become made over to the natural as its own.