Drawing General Observations from Biblical Passages about Women’s Behaviour
Much ink had been spilled thus far over how, as narrated in Genesis 3, the fall of Adam and Eve resulted in sin marring God’s creation (which was originally described by Him in Genesis 1:31 as “very good”). Despite the headstrong efforts by feminists to white-wash Eve’s actions in the vicinity of the “tree [bearing fruit] desirable to make one wise” (Genesis 3:6), what has been authoritatively stated by Paul is “Adam was not deceived but the woman, being deceived, fell into transgression” (I Timothy 2:14) — reinforced by the L ord ’s ruling that “I will greatly multiply your sorrow and your conception” and coupled with the divine injunction that “your husband shall rule over you” (Genesis 3:16). The intentional choice of the generic words “woman” and “husband” (in place of the individual names “Eve” and “Adam” respectively) clearly points to the general purview of both I Timothy 2:14 and Genesis 3:16 with the natural inference being that these two verses cannot regarded as f