Satan created evil; by deceiving Eve.
Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the
field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the
woman, “ Indeed, has God said, You shall not eat from
any tree in the garden.” (Gen. 3:1)
According to Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary, “The tempter was the devil, in the shape and likeness of a serpent. Satan’s plan was to draw our first parents to sin, and so to separate between them and their God.” From the beginning, satan was a liar. Satan is the father of all deceit and craftiness, which leads to evil.