Genesis chapter 2 questions

1. What is sin? (my definition is: anything that is direct contrast, or direct opposition to the nature of the holiness of God.)

2. Who sinned first, Adam or Eve? (Eve ate first...but was the first sin the lie/misquotation of God's command not to eat of the tree? she said that God had said not to eat of it OR even touch it. was Adam at fault in that God made the command to Adam before Eve was created thereby making him responsible for Eve's understanding of the command?)

3. Was Eve's misquotation of God's command the first example of legalism? (adding our thoughts to the Word of God, as if it is not sufficient to stand on it's own.)

4. Was sin possible before they ate of the tree of the knowlege of good and evil? (my answer: ignorance is no excuse. God's law is God's law. whether we understand it or not, sin is sin.)

5. What is the Law? (the reason for this question comes from the life of Cain. we know Cain was married. did he marry his sister? if so, was the Law not in effect until Moses wrote it down? if the law helps us define and determine those things that are "in direct contrast, or direct opposition to the nature of the holiness of God," was incest permitted in the case of Cain & Seth (along with their other brothers and sisters) despite the fact that Leviticus prohibits it? the same question arises later in the life of Noah's sons' offspring. if it was permitted at one point, then prohibited later, i don't see consistency. is there such thing as "necessary evil?")

6. Where was Adam created? (2:15 says God took the man and put him in the Garden)

7. How long did it take Adam to name "every beast of the field and every bird of the sky?" (just think of the magnitude of that task!) my contention is that time still had very little meaning to Adam. he didn't see time in "months" or "years" because he only knew the concept of a 7-day week. based on this contention, there is no way to know how long Adam was alone, nor how long Adam and Eve were in the Garden together before the "fall."

8. Did the days of Adam (930 years) start at his creation, or at the time of banishment from the Garden? years had no meaning until it became the countdown to Adam's death.

9. Why wasn't Eve scared when the serpent spoke to her? If a cow spoke to you, how would you react? I know that I'd run away while questioning my sanity.

9. Who twisted God's command concerning the tree, Eve or Adam? (God said "don't eat it or you will die." Eve told the serpent God said "don't eat it or touch it or you will die.") I can't help wondering if Eve accurately quoted Adam's version of God's command, or if she embellished it herself. So, was the first sin eating the fruit or telling a lie?

Notice Eve's curse (3:16). virtually every translation I've looked at uses the same language.
"I will greatly multiply Your pain in childbirth, In pain you will bring forth children..."(NASB)
"I will greatly increase your pains in childbearing; with pain you will give birth to children..."(NIV)
"I'll multiply your pains in childbirth; you'll give birth to your babies in pain..."(Message)
"I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth..."(New Living)
"I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children..."(English Standard)
"I will greatly increase thy travail and thy pregnancy; with pain thou shalt bear children..."(Darby)
"I will make your pain much worse in giving birth. You will give birth to children in pain..."(New Life)
my point is a bit of a stretch, but with words like "multiply, increase, sharpen" it begs the question in me, "increased pain compared to what? multiplied pain compared to what?" i think this could be a hint that Eve had had children (Cain and Abel) before the fall.