Genesis 3:2

3:2 The woman said to the serpent, “We may eat ¹  of the fruit from the trees of the orchard;

Genesis 3:4

3:4 The serpent said to the woman, “Surely you will not die, ² 

Genesis 24:39

24:39 But I said to my master, ‘What if the woman does not want to go ³  with me?’ ⁴ 

¹ tn There is a notable change between what the Lord God had said and what the woman says. God said “you may freely eat” (the imperfect with the infinitive absolute, see 2:16), but the woman omits the emphatic infinitive, saying simply “we may eat.” Her words do not reflect the sense of eating to her heart’s content.

² tn The response of the serpent includes the infinitive absolute with a blatant negation equal to saying: “Not – you will surely die” (לֹא מוֹת תִּמֻתען, lo’ mot tÿmutun). The construction makes this emphatic because normally the negative particle precedes the finite verb. The serpent is a liar, denying that there is a penalty for sin (see John 8:44).

³ tn The imperfect is used here in a modal sense to indicate desire.

⁴ tn Heb “after me.”