In the same way we see men and women suffering from the curses that were placed on them at the same time. We can appreciate that Adam and Eve were a literal man and woman as we know man and woman today, but enjoying a better form of existence, therefore the original serpent was a literal animal, although in a far more intelligent form than snakes are today.
Vivyo hivyo twaona mwaume na mwanamke wakisumbuka kutokana na laana iliyowekwa juu yao wakati ule ule.Tunaweza kufahamu kuwa Adamu na Hawa walikuwa ni mwanaume na mwanamke kama tunavyojua mwanaume na mwanamke wa siku hizi, wakifurahia hali njema ya mwili wanao ishi nao, kwa hiyo nyoka wa kwanza alikuwa ni mnyama halisi, ingawa alikuwa mwerevu sana kuliko nyoka wa leo.