And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.
Adam was not deceived - directly, as Eve was by the serpent, but was persuaded by his wife (Genesis 3:17): indirectly deceived. Contrast Genesis 3:13. Eve says, "The serpent beguiled me." Being easily deceived, she easily deceives (2 Corinthians 11:3). Last in being, she was first in sin. The subtle serpent knew she was "the weaker vessel." He therefore tempted her. She yielded to the temptations of sense and the deceits of Satan; he, to conjugal love. Hence, in the order of God's sentence, the serpent, the prime offender, stands first; the woman, who was deceived, next; the man, persuaded by his wife, last (Genesis 3:14-19). In Romans 5:12 Adam is represented as the first transgressor; but there Adam (including Eve) is regarded as head of the sinning race. In Genesis 3:16 woman's "subjection" (1 Timothy 2:11) is represented as the consequence of her "being deceived." So
C. But 'Aleph (') A Delta G read the compound х exapateetheisa (G1818) for the simple apateetheisa], 'having been completely deceived.' Satan succeeded in deceiving her.
Was in the transgression, х en (G1722) parabasei (G3847) gegonen (G1096)] - 'came to be (became involved) in transgression;' literally, 'going beyond' the positive precept (Romans 4:15).