Genesis chapters 2-3 greatly emphasize knowledge. Before Adam and Eve ate the fruit of the forbidden tree, everything was perfectly fine. There was no need to rethink anything since everything that God created for them was perfect. Knowledge in the two chapters of Genesis is mainly thought of as an evil. Once Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden tree, all the knowledge they gained made them overthink everything and doubt God’s ability to protect and care for them through his creations. According to Legaspi, the knowledge communicated by eating of “the tree of the knowledge of good and bad” is the knowledge of responsibility. It’s has the association of being “like God.” I feel like it should be eating. When you eat something you digest it into your body so it is absorbed and spread throughout your system. The knowledge gained after eating the forbidden fruit was digested into their systems and processed throughout their body into the brains. Eating was the perfect analogy because touching or looking at some special object does not have the same effect on the body as eating does. In a way, the fruit almost acted as a poison, you can look at the poison and touch the poison, but there will be no effects unless you consume the poison. A tree is the classic symbol of knowledge, there are so many branches on a tree that it represents the branches of knowledge that could be learned about in life. The failure of Adam and Eve was one of doubt and curiosity. They didn’t trust in God to give them the best fruits in the Garden of Eden and they were curious about why they couldn’t eat the fruit. Adam and Eve were like children, wanting everything but not understanding the repercussions for their actions. This makes Adam and Eve less god-like in my opinion. God never doubted people and their actions, he trusted that they would complete whatever tasks they were given. It would be merciful that God banishes them from the Garden because there could have been worse punishments given. Adam and Eve needed to learn how great they had it before and to be appreciative. They could’ve lost limbs like the snake, but instead they were given more merciful options.

Genesis 1:1-2:4 is an amazing example that Scripture does not represent natural science. Through the passage, we get an insight into how God created the world with purpose. Everything that God created was intentional. For example, “Then God said: Let there be lights in the dome of the sky, to separate day from night. Let them mark the seasons, the days, the years and serve as lights in the dome of the sky, to illuminate the Earth.” God created the sun to separate night from day and also the stars so that night wouldn’t be completely dark. Although this example was only applicable to stars, it holds true for everything else that God created in those six days of work. From this Scripture, we can also see that God took his time with everything. He took six days to perfect his creations, more time than we spend doing a lot of activities in life. Before the human person there was just God and his creations, God created us to have a purpose in life just as he did with the birds, trees, etc. God made us different though. God created us in His image and likeness, something he didn’t do with His other creations. God wanted us to have a different purpose in life, to be something better, and to take care of His creations. God doesn’t need to rest, but I think he took this seventh day as an example for us to follow. The number seven is a perfect number in Biblical terms, so it makes sense that God rested on the seventh day to see his perfect creations. We do all this work without taking time to enjoy life and the beautiful things in it. I believe this works similar to a parable does, God took the seventh day to rest and enjoy, and that’s what we should do too even though it may not seem like we need the pause.