“And now, he might extend his hand” – Rabbi Abba bar Kahana said: This teaches that the Holy One blessed be He opened for him an opportunity for repentance. “And now” – “and now” is nothing other than repentance, as it is stated: “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God [ask of you? Only to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways…]” (Deuteronomy 10:12). But he [Adam] said: “Might [pen]” – and pen is nothing other than no. The Holy One blessed be He said: ‘Will he now extend his hand and eat from the tree of life?’ It was a rhetorical question. And if he eats, he will live forever. Therefore, “the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden” (Genesis 3:23). When He sent him away, He began lamenting over him and said: “Behold, the man has become as one of us.”