Relations between men and wome
Relations between men and womeRelations between Men and Women in Genesis
The relations between men and women in Genesis are
characterized by deception and lies on the part of the women.
Women in Genesis were originally explained as being created as
men’s helpers. The women were supposed to be dependent on men
and not think for themselves. God explained this by saying, “It is not
good for man to be alone; I will make a fitting helper for him”
(Genesis 2:18). However the women in Genesis are always using
their femininity to deceive men in different ways not only to help
themselves but sometimes their loved ones as well. This is a
contradiction to God’s purpose for women. There are many examples
of deception in Genesis, but I am going to concentrate on the stories
of Adam and Eve, Rebekah and Isaac, and Rachel and Laban.
Eve is the first women created in Genesis. She serves as a
model for all women in Genesis, however not a very respectable one.
Eve was supposedly deceived by the serpent. I disagree, Eve knew
she was not supposed to eat from tree in the middle of the garden,
and in fact she told the serpent this, “It is only about fruit of the tree
in the middle of the garden that God said: ‘You shall not eat of it or
touch it, lest you die.’ ” (Genesis 3:25). That still did not stop her
from eating from the tree. Then after eating the apple and knowing it
was the wrong thing to do, she gave Adam some of the apple without
even telling him what it was. Adam took the apple trusting Eve’s
judgment not questioning her. Eve purposely tricked Adam into
eating the apple so that she would not be all alone in her error. God
then punished both Adam and Eve for eating the apple when it was
Eve’s deception that tricked Adam into eating the apple. Adam was
innocent of sin, only guilty of falling into his wife’s deception.
The story of Rebekah and Isaac was a terrible story of a wife
deceiving her husband and betraying her oldest son. Rebekah
preferred Jacob her second son over Esau her oldest son. Isaac told
Esau to go hunting for a meal, bring it back, and prepare it for him.
Isaac would then bless Esau with the Lord’s approval. Rebekah
overhead Isaac telling Esau this and told Jacob that she was going to
make a meal for Isaac while Esau was gone. Jacob would give the
meal to Isaac and he would receive the blessing. Jacob did not have
any part in planning this deception of his father. Rebekah planned
every detail herself. Jacob did not even think the plan would work,
“But my brother Esau is a hairy man and I am smooth-skinned. If my...
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