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Ramban on Genesis 3:6/רמב"ן על בראשית ג׳:ו׳

אכִּי טוֹב הָעֵץ לְמַאֲכָל הָיְתָה סְבוּרָה כִּי הוּא מַר וְסַם הַמָּוֶת וְלָכֵן יַזְהִירֵנוּ מִמֶּנּוּ, וְעַתָּה רָאֲתָה כִּי הוּא מַאֲכָל טוֹב וּמָתוֹק:
1THAT THE TREE WAS GOOD FOR FOOD. She [Eve] had thought that the fruit of the tree was bitter and poisonous and this was why He admonished them against eating thereof, but now she saw that it was good and sweet food.
בוְכִי תַאֲוָה הוּא לָעֵינַיִם שֶׁבּוֹ יִתְאַוֶּה וְיָתוּר אַחֲרֵי עֵינָיו:
2AND THAT IT WAS A DELIGHT TO THE EYES, i.e., that by means of its fruit, one attains desire and goes about after his own eyes.
גוְנֶחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל כִּי בוֹ יַשְׂכִּיל לַחְמֹד, וְנִתְּנָה הַתַּאֲוָה לָעֵינַיִם וְהַחֶמְדָּה בַּשֵּׂכֶל, וְהַכְּלָל כִּי בוֹ יִרְצֶה וְיַחְפֹּץ בְּדָבָר אוֹ בְּהֶפְכּוֹ:
3AND THAT THE TREE WAS TO BE DESIRED TO MAKE ONE WISE for by means of its fruit, one becomes wise to desire. Now she ascribed “delight” to the eyes and “desire” to the mind. The principle is that [by eating the fruit of the tree], one can will and desire a thing or its opposite.