Desire for Eve

Eve didn't need to go looking for Adam. Contextually, he appears to have been right there, with her .... yet he never engaged in conversation with the serpent.

Puts my mind to wondering again if the key isn't discovered in James: But each one is tempted when he is drawn away by his own desires and enticed. Then, when desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full grown, brings forth death.

Was the dialogue between Eve and the serpent an internal dialogue? Not audible to other ears? Did he notice her lingering gaze upon the tree and take advantage of a hidden thought he recognized there? I would be inclined that direction, personally. Because Adam apparently was there with her. For whatever reason, she did not turn to him for guidance, for counsel, for confirmation and direction. She simply acted, on her own, where her own desire took her.

Yet I can't help but ask if Adam did likewise, only his desire wasn't for the fruit ... possibly even being unaware of the temptation churning around in his beloved's head prior to her extending the already bitten fruit to his own mouth. I propose that Adam ate of it because it matched his own desire, a desire for her .... a desire that over-rode his desire for God. He ate because he chose her ... he'd rather join her than loose her, even if it meant turning his back on God.

That union between a man and a woman is a powerful force ... a melding of souls that carries with it such incredible responsibility ... blended into the joy and ecstasy of oneness. One more reminder that our actions are never solitary or isolated ... they always have an effect on others.

Maybe the biggest question here is why didn't Eve turn to Adam for direction and counsel ... even in this matter she may have considered so insignificant? Why don't we?

The more I delve into these opening chapters of Genesis, the more convinced I am that God's intent was never for independency, but always a cooperative dependence that finds its framework, its focus, on Almighty God and an unswerving understanding of His ways.