There is no choice indicated for Adam and Eve in the creation account, and this is born out by scripture indicated at this essay
Almighty God's Awesome Creation In Amazing Splendor
Gen 3:
[1] Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
CLUE: the Serpent "initiated" conversation...
Got the Woman's Attention.
Gen 3:
[2] And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
WARNING:
[3] But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of "it" ( the fruit of "the" Tree in the midst of the garden) neither shall ye touch it,
CONSEQUENCE (IF you touch it, IF you Eat of it.)
... lest ye die.
Gen 3:
[6] And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
You elaborated on: her seeing.
You say present tense:
"saw" is past tense.
"was" is past tense.
"took" is past tense.
"did eat" is past tense.
In Genesis 3:6, the Hebrew words are the imperfect sense which means not complete in the narrative; therefore, the words should be rendered in English in the present tense.
The words should be "see", "is", "takes", and "eats" (or some verb phrase that includes the present).
"so has been seeing, the woman, when the tree was good for food and when it was a delight to the eyes, and the tree was desirable to make wise, so she has been taking from it's fruit and has been eating, and she has been giving also to her husband with her, and he has been eating" (Genesis 3:6).
"good food" "pleasant fruit" are not stand alone "bad" things.
"desire for wisdom" is not a stand alone "bad" thing.
She made a decision/ a choice.
You just added "choice" to Genesis 3:6. You write that "choice" is in Genesis 3:6, but "choice" is not in Genesis 3:6; therefore, you added "choice" to Genesis 3:6.
Action is expressly indicated in Genesis 3:6. The "she has been taking from it's fruit and has been eating" narrative in Genesis 3:6 contains action with the verb phrase of "has been taking" and "has been eating" - those are actions expressed in Genesis 3:6.
Genesis 3:6 records an "action" not a "choice". Action is expressly indicated in Genesis 3:6.
She reached out her hand and "took".
She put the fruit to her mouth and "did eat".
* Gods presence was IN the Garden.
* The man & woman were IN the Garden.
* God was teaching "Good" Knowledge, via His Word.
* The Serpent got the woman's attention.
* The woman listened to the Serpent.
* The woman talked to the Serpent.
* The woman decided:
...The fruit was good for food.
...The fruit was pleasant.
...The fruit would give her desired wisdom.
What the woman DID NOT KNOW:
* "Good and Evil" Is NOT Wisdom.
* God IS Good.
* Serpent IS Evil.
* Gods Wisdom IS Good through Truth.
* Serpents Wisdom IS Evil through Trickery.
* The woman WAS NOT yet "prepared" in enough of Gods Good Knowledge of Truth...
To Recognize the Serpents Evil Wisdom of Trickery.
According to "the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it" (Ecclesiastes 7:12), "wisdom" is dependent upon "knowledge".
You place "wisdom" outside of "knowledge" in your post.
The Word of God indicates that the man and woman gained "knowledge" of good and evil AFTER eating of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 3:22); therefore, they did not have the "knowledge" of good and evil BEFORE eating of the tree.
The woman MADE a FREEWILL choice, To Listen to the Serpent, Consider the Serpents words, Act on the Serpents words.
Neither "freewill" nor "choice" are in the creation account in Genesis chapter 1 to even after the creation account in Genesis chapter 6.
It is a LESSON:
Prepare your Children IN your home, IN the Good Word of God, Before they leave your home, Because Evil IS in the World, Even may be within your home, always Ready To get the attention of "the unknowing" and "undermine" Gods Truth with Evil Deception.
The man and woman, Learned through Trial and Error.
They had Twin boys. Cain first, Then Abel.
Cain displeased God.
Abel pleased God.
Cain killed Abel.
(LESSON: Good and Evil can be IN ONE families home).
The woman bare a third son, Seth.
The woman SAID:
Gen 4:
"...For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew..."
In Abel's STEAD, (who was pleasing TO God),
STOOD "Seth"...
And Scripture Reveals: through Seth...
Gen 4:
[26] And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.
"Knowledge" (NOT Wisdom), OF "Good AND Evil" became a natural born earthlings innate
"Understanding", through Adam.
Wisdom IS "Choosing" To act on Gods Good Knowledge.
Now you flat out redefine the word "wisdom" by including "choosing", yet the word "wisdom" truly means "thinking" and "considering".
Hear this, Jesus Christ is the wisdom of God (1 Corinthians 1:24).
For a person to have righteous wisdom, such a person must have the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2:16).
Wisdom that is of God is dependent on God; in other words, a person cannot think (wisdom) rightly without the indwelling Spirit of the Living God.
A person that does things (acts) rightly is a person that bears fruit of the the Spirit.
As is clearly evident, widsom (thinking rightly) is dependent upon God, not man, but upon God (1 Corinthians 1:24, 1 Corinthians 2:16).
People Naturally "make Choices", By "exercising Their Freewill", TO ACT.
God, Freely Chose to Create mankind, teach them Good, Warn Them, Correct them.
The Serpent, Freely Chose to Deceive the woman.
The woman, Freely Chose to Eat the Fruit.
The man, Freely Chose to Eat the Fruit.
Cain, Freely Chose to kill Abel.
Cain, Freely TRIED, to Fool God, with Deception. (It Failed)
Seth, was Appointed IN (deceptive Cains) stead.
Through Seth's son, Enos (Enosh), Men began to CALL ON...focus their Attention ON Gods (Good) Knowledge.
It's a LESSON;
Exercise your Own FREEWILL TO Focus ON the GOOD Knowledge of Gods Word of Truth.
DO Good, Experience the Results of Having Done Good...and Thus you Have Gained valuable Wisdom.
Out of Context:
Jesus is With "His Disciples", Talking "to His Disciples".
We are already Aware Jesus, "Expressly" picked and "Chose" "them" to follow Him.
Every individual Who Freely follows AND Freely Submits TO God has themselves...
Chosen/ ELECTED God.
They Have Freely Chosen to MAKE the Heavenly Lord God...."Their" ELECT, Supreme Above All God.
EX. 20:
[3] Thou shalt have no other gods "before me."
1 Thes 1:
[4] Knowing, brethren beloved, "your" election of God.
You are standing on man's understanding.
I disagree.
Gods ORDER, Gods WAY, Gods UNDERSTANDING is Paramount.
Glory to God,
Taken
You rule yourself out of being a disciple of Christ in your writing. You even wrote that disciples, including the eleven, "They Have Freely Chosen to MAKE the Heavenly Lord God" - you did that when faced with the very Word of God saying "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16). You have no scriptue to support your claim because you add "choice" where there is no choice indicated.
There is no level that a person can choose Lord Jesus because He says "you did not choose Me, but I chose you" (John 15:16) as well as "I chose you out of the world" (John 15:19, includes salvation) - Jesus, being God, did not provide any exception for choosing toward Jesus. Lord Jesus speaks to all believers in all time because He also said "I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word" (John 17:20)! All these words of Jesus are at the same supper! All glory is God's! With man, salvation is impossible (Matthew 19:25-26)! All glory in the salvation of man is God's (John 15:5, Isaiah 42:8, Psalm 3:8)!