"And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression. Notwithstanding she shall be saved by childbearing" (221).
The Biblical story of Adam and Eve tells a tale of the woman, Eve, being deceived by Satan in the form of a serpent to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge. And although Adam would like to think it was all Eve's fault, he was by no means forced to eat the fruit. Atwood uses this quote from 1 Timothy 2:14 out of context to point out just how biased the Bible can be, and how wrong its meaning can be made when taken out of context.
Let me know if I'm missing the mark -- the HT entries seem a bit more rushed than the 1984 entries
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