Round 2: Tossup 13

In the Quran this figure, who goes unnamed, is the first to be referred to as zawj. In Gnostic traditions, this embodiment of wisdom (-5[1])is celebrated for awakening others to the oppressive role of the Demiurge. This figure is told “you will not certainly die” by a being whose descendants are cursed to bite another’s heel. This is the alphabetically later of the two figures whose eldest son (*) murders (10[1])his younger brother and travels to the Land of Nod after being marked. This figure was born from a sleeping man’s rib. A serpent deceived (10[1])this figure into eating (-5[1])from the Tree of the Knowledge (-5[1])of Good and Evil. (10[1])For 10 points, name this biblical wife of Adam. ■END■ (10[1])

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