Are there talking snakes in the bible?

Question

Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made . And he said to the woman, "Indeed *, has God said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden '?"

Serpent: Nachash

Nachash means shining enchanter. Burning one. Celestial being.

Not a snake.

It used to refer to snakes because when one is bit by a snake the venom burns, hence, burning one, but that use is later.

So, is Gensis talking about a snake or a shining enchanter? A celestial being?

Also the phrase beast of field also means creation. That is, was more crafty than the rest of creation.

Makes more sense doesn't it?

Now being on the belly and the eating of dust in ancient times was a reference of humiliation.

Pretty cool huh?

The Hebrew word rendered "serpent" in Genesis 3:1 is Nachash (from the root Nachash, to shine, and means a shinning one. Hence, in Chaldee it means brass or copper, because of its shining. Hence also, the word Nehushtan, a piece of brass, in 2Kings 18:4.


In the same way Saraph, in Isaiah 6:2,6, means a burning one, and, because the serpents mentioned in Numbers 21 were burning, in the poison of their bite, they were called Saraphim, or Seraphs.

A source:
http://www.theseason.org/serpent.htm

Answer 1

yeah, but they were called apostles

Answer 2

Sorry, My Friend, but I hate to take the wind out of your sails:
It just so happens that D Towers published a Book of scientific findings only this year, through Xulon Press:
which actually proves following a 9 year research into the fact that the typical snake is the precise antithesis of man both - anatomically and behaviorally.
It has proven a highly intriguing, most fascinating and highly revelatory study.
Of course, this finding not only tends to disprove 'evolution', by clearly indicating that some conscious deliberate decision-making was involved in Creation, but it also Powerfully supports the Biblical Adam and Eve account, wherein it was the serpent who set man in opposition to God.
For its 'fruits of labor', God cursed the snake 'above all the beasts of the field' ... and made significant changes to it, as recorded in scripture.
What this study shows is that the changes made were such as to represent the complete opposition to man and God [in whose image we were created] beset upon by the snake - through whom Satan spoke to Adam and Eve.

So that the most unbelievable account in the entire holy record has become the very one that we have most scientifically proven!!!!!

It would seem in fact, by reading the spirit of the Bible, that Man could originally talk to all animals prior to the Fall. but the serpent set in motion an "opposition in all things"!
Hence, why He was so-changed by the Creator.

Answer 3

it style of feels a million/2 the Christians have self belief the Bible is literal because of the fact God is that useful while the different a million/2 say a number of the flaws interior the Bible ought to be taken allegorically. Yeah, THAT appears like the only real faith to me.

Answer 4

Yes! that is pretty cool
The Genesis is very deep and meaningful text. The talking snake part i consider allegorical, so basicly the "snake" is the devil. Still , it dosent change the meaning of the text and the truth in it

Paz de Cristo

Answer 5

Actually, according to Strong's Hebrew and Greek dictionaries, nâchâsh does mean snake. The question is, was it literally a snake? I don't believe it was.

Answer 6

Gee all the scholars that actually do this for a living translated it as serpent. Too bad they didn't have you there when they were doing the translations.

Answer 7

Those are some good theories. Christians do usually beleive that it was a snake, aka serpent.

Answer 8

Now explain the talking donkey.

Answer 9

No, they were pretty clear that it was a snake (serpent).

Answer 10

I don't know about talking snakes, but there's a talking donkey.