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At Tru316.com, our mission is to “true” the verse of Genesis 3:16 and related passages on women and men. At present, modern translations of Genesis 3:16 make it look like God punished the woman to a very great degree with “pain in childbirth.” We demonstrate that the Hebrew text says no such thing.  In fact the hours of childbirth are not even touched on in Genesis 3:16!  Instead the Hebrew focuses on a two-fold link experienced by the woman. This double promise of action by God in the first line of Genesis 3:16 is most clearly translated by the King James Version of the Bible, as well as the more recent versions. God says I will multiply (1) your sorrowful-toil and (2) your conception.

1. She too would experience the impact of the curse on the ground that would be made by God because of the man (see Genesis 3:17). Both the woman and the man would be involved in fieldwork. Each would experience ‘itsabon or sorrowful-toil when they worked the soil with their hands.
2. She would indeed have offspring who would crush the head of the Serpent Tempter as God had said in Genesis 3:15.

In Africa, and elsewhere where the translations make it look like God did only one very harsh thing to the woman the logic has gone as follows.

• God apparently punished woman with multiplied pain in childbirth.
• Since God is just she must have deserved this special punishment. So what had she done?

People incorrectly refer to the the man’s shockingly unfair charge that it was the woman’s fault that he ate the forbidden fruit. They see her as the Temptress on a level equal to or worse than the Serpent Tempter. Since God punished this female wrongdoer in this way shouldn’t all her daughters be suspect. Should all of them be harshly restricted in the home, the church and society?

There are many unjust and even harmful limitations placed on women that are justified by these wrongdoers who point to mistranslated Genesis 3:16 to support their acts! All this when Genesis 3:16 says no such thing! God didn’t curse Eve (or Adam for that matter) or limit woman in any way.

On 3/16 Day 2023 the Tru316 Foundation held its Public Launch Event. Keynote Speaker was Dr. Jeannine Brown of the NIV Revision Committee. Her address can be seen here: https://youtu.be/u4OCkgOM_J0

Yes. The Tru316 Foundation offers courses and LIVE interactive Fast-Class Workshops through its Tru School. See Tru316.com/workshop and also TheEdenCourse.com THOSE WHO BECOME TRU PARTNERS RECEIVE A COUPON CODE FOR TUITION FREE ADMISSION TO TRU SCHOOL OFFERINGS SUCH AS THE EDEN WORKSHOP ON GENESIS 2-3!