Gender roles on Genesis

Many of those who live by the Bible frequently based their knowledge of civilized mankind off these biblical stories from the Hebrew Bible. The Bible is one of many books that some shed various controversial belief in the prophets that were included within. The Genesis includes fifty chapters that were merely translated many uncertain times over the previous decades. Within the biblical book of Genesis includes the stories of Adam and Eve, Noah’s Ark, the story of Abraham and as well as many countless others. It all begins with the compelling story of the grave sins of Adam and Eve. They defied Gods command about eating the fruit from the tree of knowledge. Thus, which results in them being punished Eve is to desire her valued husband and have pain while delivering children. God’s punishment seemed to develop the opposite way he intended it too. God’s decree was not fulfilled. Unfortunately, it does not indicate women experiencing any ‘urge’ for men or where women desire men. The sin participated in between both men and women were shared equality. The Hebrew Bible says that God had created all things to work together for the good and not bad.

Men and women were created to see each other are as equals. Also to compliment each other when one might not be able to fulfill what their partner lacks. When God created men and women, they were to be made in his likeness. A man clings tends to his wife once he is married, becoming one with his wife (2:24). Neither men or women are to be seen as superior to one another. God believes that men and women will live in their own problems, but their relationship will have problems as well. When men began to populate the earth, they would take those whose daughters they found beautiful as their wives to produce offsprings. Thus, explains that women didn’t really have an urge when it came to men. In the Lord’s eyes, he then began to see how terrible they were (6:6). He felt as though he had doomed the earth with the way man had turned out to be. The Lord himself said how he will not accept or obey men forever as he breathes(6:3). Thus causing him to create the great flood with Noah that would kill and destroy the earth. The first mistake he had made.

Different relationships with different stories to tend take place in Genesis. The relationship between Abram and Sarai shows equality and a mans desire for women and not the other way around. When Abram goes into Egypt he tells his wife, Sarai to say that she was his sister before they enter the city. If she doesn’t, they will kill him and keep her alive for she is a beautiful woman. Abram then thanks Sarai for remaining alive shows that he sees her as his equal. When it comes to Sarai not being able to bore children, Hagar the maid becomes their solution to a child. Abram “heeded” to Sarai’s request for him to bear a child through Hagar (16:2). This statement concludes that Abram saw his wife Sarai as an equal when it came to problem-solving in their relationship. That to cause fewer problems its usually better to obey your significant other.

However, God’s decree had also been fulfilled. He then had created mutuality between himself and humans. God’s punishment was fulfilled when every woman after had their periods and went through childbirth. Every woman mentioned in Genesis at some point was under male domination. This statement that is said to Eve “your urge shall be for your husband/ And he shall rule over you (3:16)” commands for men to dominate their woman. Meaning a woman’s whole existence to assist and obey only to her husband. The story of Lot’s of daughters is an example of women desiring men. Lot’s daughters believed there were no men on earth to “consort” them and that they were all dead. They believed that to lay/sleep with their father was the only way to maintain life (19:32) was their only way solution. They had indeed succeeded in boring children. They desired a man to bore the children, urging for a man.

During the time of Abraham and Sarah, God commanded Abraham to obey his wife’s command to cast out the slave and her child Hagar, and Ishmael. Abraham did as he, as was told by Sarah and God, made sure to tell him that he will watch over Ishmael, make him fertile and bless him a great nation (17:20). As long as Abraham went by what he was told to do, God would return the favor. Taking everything into account, God’s punishment was not fulfilled. Humans never really had the chance to go off their own intuition, as God was in contact with most of the majority of the time. All beings were created equally and to be equal to one another. He had banished Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden with punishment that wasn’t fulfilling to his decree. Adam and Eve saw each other as one, regardless of the act that caused them to be banished. Just as much as women obeyed men it was the same vice versa.