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The Treehouse: Conversations About God

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Genesis 3:16 and following is the punishment, or as parents say, consequences, for ignoring Yahweh Elohim. First, Yahweh Elohim tells the snake “you shall go on your belly” (uh, hello…what was the snake doing before?!) and to the woman, you get pain in childbirth, and “he shall rule over you,” meaning the man over the woman, and to the man, you get to sweat and toil for food. ¹

These verses have been used in ages past and are still being used today to put forth codified patriarchy as commanded by God. Trouble is, what is laid out in Genesis 3 is not God’s intention. The co-equal creation of humanity described in Genesis 1 & 2 is.