Wasn't the Serpent in the Garden Of EDEN a footed serpent at first.?

Question

After God confrouted ADAM and EVE about why the were hiding and recieved the answer HE cursed he serpent and said upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.
therfore the serpent must have had some type of legs to get around on until then. I remember a picture of it and the serpent was clinging to a tree trunk

Answer 1

He did at first. Then god punished him by stripping him of his legs (probably not as gruesome as that, but you get it). Look it up in Genesis--before chapter 5.

Answer 2

Suzanny 13 and Garret B: what on earth are you talking about?
Try reading up on your subjects first. Garret read the Ethiopic book of Enoch aka 1 Enoch. Suzanny just try reading any bible without skipping bits. The KJV is the best place to start.

1 Enoch says that the serpent was the angel Gadre-el before he fell from grace.

Feet aren't specified in Genesis but could be the case. Snakes can go upright when stationary but have to put their face in the dirt when moving. Another possibility is that maybe they could move and keep their head a foot or so above the ground.before the whole problem over the "apple" situation occured. The other possibility is that Gadre-el was the serpent which was not the same as a snake and that the curse was solely for him.

Answer 3

The Dragon was a many legged serpent-like animal. And the Dragon was also named as Satan, the Devil and the Ancient Serpent. Since Dragon existed in far more ancient Mythical histories in China and some part of Europe, there is possiblity that the word Dragon was non-existent in the Genesis Book while it is being written and so the word in Aramaic could just have been translated as the Serpent. Since up this time the Dragon had stayed only as a myth, you have that kind of hunch which might be correct until the punishment to crawl on its belly was given.

Answer 4

This is not clear. It was not the Devil. He was not punished by crawling and eating dirt. The Devil was not invented until the time of the Persian Captivity. He was copied from the Zoroastrian evil god Ahriman. Without a Satan, a serpent had to cause trouble in Eden. God himself often did it, e.g. hardening a nameless Pharoah's heart in Exodus. It was not Rameses II as Cecil B. DeMille said.

Answer 5

It was not the first time this biblical God screws up and not the last. Since the devil was not a around at the time (not till Persian god got in the picture) we needed another villain and the snake is as good a villain as any. Now the snake has no leg to stand on.

Answer 6

Yes, the serpent had to be punished. Thus, he lost the feet that he once had. He and his relatives had to slither through the world for the rest of their days. All we have to do is respect God. I follow his Ten Commandments that He rendered to us through Moses. They are difficult to follow. When you know that God's reward is the best gift, you can follow His rules. Remember this, "If God be for us, who can be against us?" - Romans 8:31. Peace and God Bless.

Answer 7

Yes and because of its evil ways God punished the snake and took his legs away.

Answer 8

Jewish mythology describes this very creature. It could walk and talk with people.

Maybe they were some kind of dinosaurs?

Who knows for certain - this is why this section is called MYTHOLOGY and FOLKLORE. Some of you people should get a grip. We're not discussing science here.

Answer 9

yes, actually, the serpent did have some sort of legs at first.

Answer 10

Have you ever seen a snake's skeleton? Vestigal legs.