The first Pasuk of the Torah:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים עט הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם ועט הָאָֽרֶץ׃
In the beginning God created the pen of the heaven and the pen of the earth.
However, when talking of the guard of the Torah, Bereishit 3:24 states:
ואת להט החרב המתהפכת לשמר את דרך עץ החיים
And the flaming, overturning sword, to guard the path of the tree of life (ie. the Torah).
Now, as we know, the pen is mightier than the sword. So shouldn't Adam have taken the pen of earth and used it to defeat the sword, thus gaining access to the Tree of Life?