Ye might have then defied him.
Adam.Oh! my son,
Blaspheme not: these are Serpent's words.
Cain.Why not?
The snake spoke truth; it was the Tree of Knowledge;
It was the Tree of Life: knowledge is good,
And Life is good; and how can both be evil?
Eve. My boy! thou speakest as I spoke in sin,
Before thy birth: let me not see renewed40
My misery in thine. I have repented.