I blame the serpent

I blame the serpent. I blame him because he was the one who caused eve to eat the apple and share it with Adam. In the text the serpent says:

"The woman said to the serpent, "We may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,
but God did say, 'You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden, and you must not touch it, or you will die.' "
"You will not surely die," the serpent said to the woman.
"For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
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The serpent knew that God didn't want them to eat it but still told them to eat it. But also I blame Eve because she forced Adam to take a bite of the apple which caused both of the, to get kicked out of the garden of Eden, instead of just Eve. I don't think they would have eaten it on their own. How the serpent persuaded them was by saying that thekl have knowledge like god if they ate the apple.