George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:1
Why hath God? Hebrew, "Indeed hath God, &c." as if the serpent had overheard Eve arguing with herself, about God's prohibition, with a sort of displeasure and presumption. St. Augustine thinks, she had given some entrance to these passions, and the love of her own power, and hence gave credit to the words of the serpent, de Gen. ad lit. xi. 30. She might not know or reflect that the serpent could not reason thus, naturally; and she had as yet, no idea or dread of the devil. (Lombard, 2... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Genesis 3:6
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. Pause over this verse, and remark the fatal mean by which, as the Apostle saith, sin hath entered into the world, and death by sin. Romans 5:12 . In this transgression all our nature was involved, and necessarily, as in the rectitude of our first Parents, the... read more