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Originally Posted by ZZ GG EE
I wonder why all the other animals got kicked out in the end. Maybe they ate the apple too?
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Most interesting.
Of course, we know animals do not have souls and Eden still exists guarded by Cherubim. One can only assume that neither Adam, Eve nor the animals were actually constrained within Eden but could come and go as they pleased. This being the case, the animals would just wander off as the mood took them. I shouldn't think that the Cherubim are bothered if the odd hyrax walks in or out.
The fruit of the Tree gave knowledge of good and evil. Animals have no such knowledge - so either they didn't eat the fruit or, if they did, because they had no soul, they were unaffected.