3. Because the serpent was cursed with having to crawl on its belly (Gen. 3,14), this may imply that previously it had legs; coupled with its evident powers of reasoning, it was probably the form of animal life closest to man, although it was still an animal - another of the "beasts of the field which the Lord God had made" (Gen. 3, 1 & 14).
Kwa sababu nyoka alilaaniwa kwa kufanya atambae kwa tumbo lake (Mwa. 3: 14). Hii inaweza kudokeza kwamba awali alikuwa na miguu, pamoja na uwezo wake bayana na kuhojiana, labda umbo la maisha ya mnyama lilikaribiana na mtu ingawa bado alikuwa ni mnyama - jinsi moja na "Wanyama wa mwitu aliowafanya Bwana Mungu" (Mwa. 3: 1 -14).