Reading Notes: The Punishment, Part A

I decided to choose the story "Punishment" from the Adam & Eve collection of stories. I knew, vaguely, the story of Adam & Eve and most of my knowledge was just basic plot lines.  The story is mostly dialogue which I am not a huge fan of, but the story does a fine job of setting the scene and describing the situation to a point of understanding for me. I enjoy the dialogue from the angels in the first couple paragraphs of the story. It gives the feel of a click in high school and to me that gives off the feel irony. Angels are supposed to be the caretakers of those on Earth, and be humble and helpful when it comes to situations that arise on Earth. The angels in this story are talking about Adam and wondering how he isn't dead yet. It makes some sense the angels are acting that way since God is the one that said Adam was going to perish if he stayed in the garden but it was interesting to see the angels act in that kind of way.
Another part of the story that was very entertaining was when the serpent was introduced. The fact that God gave Adam & Eve some time to figure out what they were going to do without punishment is weird. The serpent, who is now a villain, was given no second chance and was sentenced to be the villain the rest of its years. The serpent was determined to not be the only one that was singled out. the serpent's main target was Adam and the final two lines of the story are great lines and a great segway into the next chapter of the story of Adam & Eve

This artwork captures an angel speaking to Adam & Eve about some situation that is going on. https://images.app.goo.gl/dKrDz5wG49XEFgRJ9

Source: The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Book 1, Chapter 2 Adam. http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/adam-and-eve-punishment.html