Genesis 3:1
110 | Strong’s #6175, arum. Prudent, sensible, cunning. The word is said to have a “bad sense” as well as good one. The word however is overwhelmingly used in the good sense: “A fool in the Day, his vexation is being perceived, and he-who-conceals a dishonored-one is prudent [arum].” (Prov. 12:16 RBT) “A prudent [arum] red-one [flesh] is he-who-conceals a perception…” (Prov. 12:23 RBT) “The whole of the prudent-one [arum] is making in perception…” (Prov. 13:16 RBT) “The wisdom of the prudent-one [arum] is to cause to understand his way…” (Prov. 14:8 RBT) But what of the New Testament language? Moses spoke of two kinds of serpents--the one who bites, and the one who makes alive: And Moses is making a serpent of bronze, and is placing him on the Ensign, and he has become; if the serpent has bitten [from beginning to end] a man, and he has looked expectingly toward the serpent of bronze—he has become alive. (Numbers 21:9 RBT) "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the barren place, so the son of man must be lifted up" (John 3:14 RBT) Two SerpentsPaul speaks of a serpent deceiving Eve, yet Eve is not named until Genesis 3:20 after the prudent serpent opens her eyes. Before this, she is only "the woman". Paul also notes that Eve was decieved away from her singleness and purity in Christ: "I fear lest how the serpent deceived Eve in his craftiness, the perceptions of you all may be corrupted away from the singleness and purity into Christ" (2 Cor. 11:3 RBT) "therefore be prudent as the serpents..." (Matt. 10:16 RBT) Craftiness as related to "rolling the dice": "that we might no longer be infants, tossed by waves, carried around by every wind of teaching, in the dice-playing of men, in craftiness toward the scheme of error." (Ephesians 4:14 RBT) |