Genesis 3:4 - Exposition

And the serpent said unto the woman . "As God had preached to Adam, so Satan now also preaches to Eve … The object of Satan was to draw away Eve by his word or saying from that which God had said" (Luther). Ye shall not surely die . Lo-moth temuthun . Thus the second step in his assault is to challenge the Divine veracity, in allusion to which it has been thought our Savior calls Satan a liar (cf. John 8:44 : ο ̔ ì ταν λαλη ͂ͅ το Ì ψευ ͂ δος ε ̓ κ τω ͂ ν ι ̓ δι ì ων λαλει ͂ ο ̔ τι ψευ ì στης ε ̓ στιν και Ì ο ̔ πατη Ì ρ αυ ̓ του ͂ ). " Here , as far as we know, is his first begottten lie" (Bush).