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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip -1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The serpent is an embodiment of Satan

[–] frezik@midwest.social 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

It's retconned that way. There's nothing that directly connects the serpent of Genesis, the one "roaming throughout the earth" in Job, and the character of Satan later on. Satan wasn't developed as a character until after the Babylonian Exile. You can make it all fit, but the text alone doesn't say that and the writers didn't think of it that way.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Exactly, all my downvotes for stating a historical fact about a fictional book