The tricky serpant

Gen. 3:1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God really say, 'You must not eat from any tree in the garden'?"

Gen 3:2 The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,

Gen 3:4 "You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.

Gen 3:6 When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Gen 3:12 The man said, "The woman you put here with me--she gave me some fruit from the tree, and I ate it."

Gen 3:13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."

Gen 3:15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel."

Gen 3:16 To the woman he said, "I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."

So much in this encounter in the garden. First and foremost it stands out to me that God allowed Satan into the garden. Nothing happens outside God's authority. Secondly the woman was seeking knowledge. Aren't we all still like that. Its hard for me to accept things as absolute truth without checking around, or wondering what the future will bring. Its a lack of faith in the total authority of scripture. I also see that the man trusted the woman and didn't trust God. He failed to be the spiritual leader. He didn't stop Eve or bring her before the Lord, he took her word for it. Yet the most interesting line about women I find is the last part. Your desire will be for your husband and he will rule over you. Meaning previously her desire was for God and through that desire and Adams desire for God, God naturally ruled over both of them.