What is the context of Genesis 3:16 in the fall account?
Genesis 3:16 appears in the fall account after Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit and sin entered, and after Satan had already been dealt with. It is the passage tied to Eve's eating first and to the principle that the husband is head of the house—subservience, not slavery.
Les explains that Paul's instruction about women asking their husbands at home goes back to the Garden of Eden. In that setting, the passage is Genesis 3:16, read after Adam and Eve have eaten, after sin has entered, and after Satan has already been dealt with. Les connects it to Eve's eating of the fruit first and to the husband being the head of the house—a subservience, not slavery. He also notes Christianity elevated women, but present-day women have abused that liberty, and abuse backfires.
Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
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What is the setting of Genesis 3:16 in relation to the fall?
Genesis 3:16 comes after Adam and Eve have eaten, after sin has entered, and after God has already dealt with Satan.