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  The Seven Tru316 Bible Study Steps  by Bruce C. E. Fleming (In a hurry? Email Bruce@Tru316.com and ask for a free download!)  How did you do that? What is the method to your studies? Every Bible Study we do follows Seven Tru316 Bible Study Steps. Following...

Tru316.com Correction Number 3: “you … persuaded him … whom the devil was not valiant enough to attack.” What persuasion? What lack of attack? If Tertullian wondered how the man was persuaded to eat the forbidden fruit he only needed to pay attention to...

  1. Assume the God who spectacularly created and lovingly communicated “in the beginning” still is speaking to us today. God spoke personally to the man and woman in the Garden, and through Jesus Christ to the men, women and children of that time in Israel. God...

Tertullian strayed far from the meaning of Genesis 3:16 as Dr. Joy Fleming has shown in this translation summary. “Genesis 3:16 in context pulls in content from the verses above and below it according to the sentence structure.” These portions are italicized: --- As a...

The early church father Tertullian had harsh words for the female sex. He quotes Genesis 3:16 and asks, And do you not know that you are (each) an Eve? The sentence of God on this sex of yours lives in this age: The guilt must of necessity live too, You are the...

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  Why fix it? Isn’t this similar to asking what’s wrong with cursing someone? The incorrect idea of something like a curse is what is said in current translations of Genesis 3:16. But the woman was not cursed in Genesis 3:16. Not even close! God told the woman of...

If the first two key words to the woman in Genesis 3:16 (‘itsabon and heron) have been mistranslated what does that mean? We can accept that the woman was: 1. Not cursed a half dozen times. She was not cursed even once! And that first “curse” never happened. 2. Not in...

Teaching to Keep in Mind. The word “sorrow” (‘itsabon) was misunderstood by these translators. It really meant “sorrowful-toil-from-fieldwork-of-the-cursed-ground.” Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902) Unto the woman, he said, I will, increase, thy pain of...

Teaching Point to Keep in Mind. The word “sorrow” (‘itsabon) was misunderstood by these translators. It really meant "sorrowful-toil-from-fieldwork-of-the-cursed-ground." American Standard Version (ASV 1901). Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy pain...

God told the woman in the Garden of Eden the Good News that she would conceive and that her offspring would crush the head of the serpent tempter (Genesis 3:15-16). God’s angels spoke to the women at the empty tomb of Jesus on Easter Sunday giving them news of the...

The meaning. The linchpin pulls meaning into line one of Genesis 3:16 from verse 17 below it and from verse 15 above it. The first Hebrew word in the linchpin is ‘itsabon and can be translated as “sorrowful-toil” or “toil.” The second Hebrew word is heron and can be...

Trouble! Many people aren’t aware that modern language translations of Genesis 3:16 are in trouble. Or if they are somewhat aware, they focus on troublesome words near the end of the verse, when the start of the verse is the place to find the critical problem that...

  Explanation of the Meaning of Genesis 3:16 in Context. Only eleven Hebrew words are addressed to the woman in Genesis 3:16. When translating them into a modern language more than eleven words are required. They are needed to make clear the meaning that is...

Do you love the Gospel, the Good News? Do your eyes light up? Do you embrace it? Do you share it? What is the Good News? It is 3:16. It is John 3:16 and it is Genesis 3:15-16. It is both. Surprised? If you are surprised you might have something going on. It might be...

I can’t do many things well. I can do a few things well. What do YOU do well? How could your skills or gifts add to the movement? If mixing up the message of Genesis 3:16 has made a mess of verses on women and men throughout the Bible, then this is an important verse...

CORRECTING POISONOUS MISTRANSLATIONS OF GENESIS 3:16 – AND ITS CONTEXT    THE CONTEXT 1. There was a very good Creator who made the man and woman. (Genesis 1:1-2:3) It is an error to make a great distinction between the man and the woman as created beings. God...

Here is some of the content that would be covered in “Mistranslations That Poison All Verses on Women.” The way Genesis 3:16 - and its context - ought to read.  The good context. 1. There was a very good Creator of all and the man and woman. (Genesis 1:1-2:3) 2. This...

What if we had a retreat, seminar, or an online workshop entitled, "Mistranslations of Genesis 3:16 Poison All Verses on Women." The goal would be as follows: Insights will be immediately transferable when interpreting other verses on women and men in the Bible. To...

“Women have always desired to rule." (1. This is not from the Bible.) We go back to Genesis chapter 3, verses 15 and 16, and you remember that a part of the curse [2. God made only two curses. Neither one had "parts."] that God brought upon man and woman in the Fall...

  A striking thing about this [six-point] pattern is that it is totally absent in the speech to the woman. He does not say to her “Because [you have done this.]” No curse is pronounced on the woman, or even because of the woman. Nothing is said about “eating,”...