Genesis 3:16 "to the woman He said, 'I will greatly increase your suffering and your childbearing; in pain shall you bear children. Yet your craving/desire(teshuka) shall be for your husband, and he shall rule(mashal) over you.'"
Genesis 4:7 "Surely if you improve yourself, you will be forgiven. But if you do not improve yourself, sin rests at the door. Its desire(teshuka) is towards you, yet you can conquer(mashal) it.
there is a clear connection between these verses. the dynamics in the relationship between Adam and Eve under the new fallen order are somehow equivalent to the relationship between sin and Cain.
A desires B. B will/can rule over A.
Eve and sin are A. Adam and Cain are B
Is Eve somehow equivelant to Sin? Is the Torah misogynistic? Or is there a different understanding of sin(chatat) in this passage?
Sunday, August 9, 2009
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