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and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
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and no shrub of the field is yet in the earth, and no herb of the field yet sprouteth, for Jehovah God hath not rained upon the earth, and a man there is not to serve the ground,
207. Verse 6 And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was appetizing to the eyes, and a tree desirable for imparting intelligence; and she took from its fruit and ate; and she also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
'Good for food' means inordinate desire. 'Appetizing to the eyes' means delusion. 'Desirable for imparting intelligence' means base pleasure. These statements refer to the proprium, which is the woman. 'Her husband ate' means that the rational conceded, 265.