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Genesis 3:1 KJ21

Now the serpent was more subtle 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'?"

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Genesis 3:1 AMP

Now the serpent was more crafty (subtle, skilled in deceit) than any living creature of the field which the LORD God had made. And the serpent (Satan) said to the woman, "Can it really be that God has said, 'You shall not eat from any tree of the garden'?"

Meaning of Subtle:

• (especially of a change or      distinction) so delicate or precise as to be difficult to analyse or      describe.
• making use of clever and      indirect methods to achieve something.
• (of a mixture or effect)      delicately complex and understated.