21. Adam was tried first: HE WAS TEMPTED BY THE SERPENT. Because he was not careful, he was seduced, and he sinned with "a wife of harlotry" (Hoshea 1:2), the primordial serpent. Noah was tried, but did not take heed. He was seduced BY A WIFE OF HARLOTRY and sinned, as it was written, "and he drank of the wine, and was drunk; and he was uncovered within his tent" (Beresheet 9:21). Abraham went in and departed, as it is written, "And Abram went down to Egypt" (Beresheet 12:10), and, "And Abram went up out of Egypt" (Beresheet 13:1). Isaac went in and departed, as it is written, "And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines" (Beresheet 26:1), and, "And he went up from there to Beer-Sheva" (Ibid. 23).