Is God punishing women for what He Himself made them—because they are women, not men?

138.     Were the teaching true that all women must suffer pain and servitude for the sin of Eve, then it were pertinent to ask, Why must they suffer thus,—because they are Eve’s offspring? Are not men equally the offspring of Eve? The only answer is, “Because they are female offspring.” But who made them female [...]

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If this be a commandment of God, and man must rule woman, the more carnally-minded a man is the better he keeps that sort of “law!”

124. God spoke warningly to Eve at this time, telling her that she was inclining to turn away from Himself to her husband, and telling her that if she did so her husband would rule over her. The correct rendering of the next phrase of Genesis 3:16 is this: “Thou art turning away to thy [...]

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Teshuqa and the meaning of Genesis 3:16

LESSON 16.

GOD’S WARNING TO EVE
124. God spoke warningly to Eve at this time, telling her that she was inclining to turn away from Himself to her husband, and telling her that if she did so her husband would rule over her. The correct rendering of the next phrase of Genesis 3:16 is this: “Thou art [...]

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Satan’s Lying in Wait

LESSON 15.
SATAN’S LYING IN WAIT.
114.     …”Every word of God is tried,” and if we attempt to insinuate a false interpretation into it, it proves, on close inspection, a misfit all around. We shall demonstrate, by the misfit all around, that the usual interpretation of [...]

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What if Eve had not followed Adam out of the Garden?

123. Eve was, then, the first woman to forsake her (heavenly) kindred for her husband. She reversed God’s marriage law,—”Therefore shall a man forsake his father and his mother, and cleave to his wife.” Had Eve remained steadfast with God, Adam might through the double [...]

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“she shall be saved through the child-bearing” (YLT)

344. But Paul adds very important conditions beyond the mere birth of a Redeemer into the world, with which Christian women must comply before their social redemption will be wrought out, “If they continue in faith and love and sanctification with sobriety” (R. V.). Alas! [...]

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EVE was not expelled from Eden!

95. The rest of the story (excepting Genesis 3:16, which we next explain), on the very face of it, bears evidence of Eve’s favor with God, through her confession and faith. After the eating, God assigns to Adam his particular vocation (Genesis 3:19). Adam was to earn his bread by tilling the soil, “till thou [...]

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God nowhere says that Eve’s sorrowful and oppressed part is “because” she has done anything!

94. It is not by one single verse, such as Genesis 3:16 (the correct translation and interpretation of which is doubtful-see future lessons), that Eve’s greater culpability can be established, in spite of clear statements to the contrary, and many other incidental Scriptural proofs. For instance, God asked Adam, “Hast thou eaten of the tree [...]

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Bible Instruction on Adam and Eve’s Conduct

LESSON 12
BIBLE INSTRUCTION AS TO ADAM’S AND EVE’S CONDUCT.
90. After the fourth chapter of Genesis, Eve is never referred to again in the O. T., and Adam is mentioned only twice,—in Job 31:33, “If I, like Adam, covered my transgression, by hiding my iniquity in my bosom,” and Hosea 6:7, (R. V.), “They, like Adam, [...]

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Origin of the slandering of Eve’s Character

LESSON 11 (excerpts)
EVE AND HER TRADUCERS.
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85.  In our next Lesson we will show that the N. T. teaches that Adam, rather than Eve, was the one who brought sin into the world, and death through sin. But how, then, can we account for this slandering of Eve’s character? Where did it take its source? We [...]

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…to be “as God”- Lordship of husband over wife

163.     The more frequently a vice is indulged the greater its tyranny.  Hence, the older a sin the stronger its sway over the moral character, the more blinding its effect upon the intellect, and the less likely is it to be recognized as a sin. Now we must consider [...]

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The nature of the Fall and the differing responses of Adam and Eve

32. …“Adam had lost much of his first perfection before his Eve was taken out of him; which was done to prevent worse effects of his fall, and to prepare a means of his recovery when his fall should become total, as it afterwards was, upon eating of the earthly tree of the knowledge of [...]

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Eve’s exposure of the character of Satan—> enmity

71 . …Eve, by her exposure of the character of Satan before his very face, created an enmity between herself and him. What followed was the natural outcome of Eve’s better choice. God proposed to draw the woman yet farther away from Satan. He said to Satan, “I will put enmity between thee and the [...]

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Eve Becomes a Believer

77. The Bible, from its opening chapters, pictures woman as allied with God, in the eventual salvation of the world; paganism represents her as allied with the devil, for the ruin of man; this is one great mark of distinction between the true and false religions. [...]

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Mary- the prophecy concerning womanhood fulfilled

75. The New Testament, in several passages, carries forward the thought of all believers being, in some special sense, the seed of the woman. At present we will call attention to one instance only, explaining first, however, that the fact is not emphasized (but clearly implied, nevertheless),—for God [...]

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Eve’s Choice and Adam’s. Move over “TRADITION”!

LESSON 9.
EVE’S CHOICE, AND ADAM’S.
65. In a helpful course of lectures on “The Spiritual Criticism of the Bible,” Dr. A. T. Pierson said: “In the intellectual sphere man believes a thing because it is true; in the spiritual, a man knows a thing to be true because he believes it.” If, having the [...]

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The formation of Eve (by a cleft) and “leave and cleave”

40. The separation of Eve from Adam was, then, an exceptional instance within the human race of what is well known to take place in lower orders of life. Professor Agassiz, the naturalist, in describing gemmiparous or fissiparous reproduction, says: “A cleft or fission, at some part of [...]

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Correction: Eve NOT formed from “Adam’s rib”

39. … the ‘rib’ seems to be a mistranslation. The Hebrew word translated ‘rib’ in both the Authorized and Revised versions, occurs forty-two times in the O. T., and in this instance alone is it translated ‘rib.’ In the majority of cases it is translated ’side’ or ’sides,’ in other [...]

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Adam’s Responsibility

36. We do not know certainly how the decline in Adam began, but we should not overlook one fact: The man (the woman side of humanity being as yet undeveloped), was placed in the garden “to dress and keep it” (2:15). Two duties, not one, were laid upon Adam. This second word is the same [...]

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Is this the “original sin”? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Gen 1:31 “very good”—> Gen 2:18 “not good”

31. After Adam was created, Genesis 1:31 tells us, “God saw everything that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” Therefore Adam was very good; but this condition did not last. Genesis 2:18 tells us that presently God says: “It is not good that the man [or "Adam"], should be alone.” The “very [...]

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“Creation” of male/female distinct from their “Formation”

30. We return to the story in Genesis. We conclude that the first chapter of Genesis describes the original creation of “Adam,”–mankind. (We must bear in mind the fact that the word “Adam” is applied sometimes to mankind, and sometimes to the individual being who was husband of Eve). The second chapter describes the elaboration [...]

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In those days, it was NOT expected that a wife would follow her husband

56. Dr. A. C. Dixon, in an article in the London Christian (Nov. 16, 1911) says: “Turn to this civilization which God Himself founded, and you will hear Him say: ‘A man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife; and they shall be [...]

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The name “Adam” belonged equally to male and female

23. Please read Genesis 1:26-28, and with it, Genesis 5:2. We find that at the first the name “Adam” belonged equally to male and female. God said: “Let US make man [or "Adam,"--it is the same word] in our likeness;” and the story proceeds,–”In the image of God made HE HIM, male and female made [...]

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Five Blessings prounounced on them by God

25. Five blessings were pronounced on them by God. Genesis 1:28.
(1) “Be fruitful:” (2) “Multiply ye:” (3, “Replenish the earth:” (4) “Subdue It:” (5) “Have dominion over . . . fish . . . fowl . . . and every living thing that moveth upon the earth.” Dr. Harper in his Hebrew Method and Manual [...]

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