Bible fact · Literary or interpretive observation
Genesis 3 calls the tempter a serpent
Genesis 3 speaks of a serpent; Revelation later calls the devil "the old serpent". Genesis 3:1Revelation 12:9
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"Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made." Genesis 3 does not use the name Satan. Genesis 3:1
Revelation describes "the great dragon... the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan". Christians read Genesis 3 in light of this. Revelation 12:9Revelation 20:2
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Genesis 3:1 WEB
1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
Revelation 12:9 WEB
9The great dragon was thrown down, the old serpent, he who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.