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 loving Creator Lord was the loving author of marriage. (Genesis 2:21-24)
3. The husband and wife blissfully were naked and unashamed. (Genesis 2:15)
4. The Creator Lord came in the cool of the day for a walk together. (Genesis 3:8)
The attack.
1. Rebellious Satan made an unprovoked attack. (Genesis 3:1-5)
2. Jesus said Satan was the serpent tempter who was a murderous liar. (John 8:44)
3. The serpent tempted both. (used plural pronouns “you” – Genesis 3:1, 4-5)
4. The woman defended God and instructed the serpent as its ruler. (3:2-3)
5. In the lies, Satan challenged what the man had heard from the Creator Lord. (3:4)
6. Then Satan made the claim that deceived her and tempted the man to rebel. (3:5)
The disobedience.
1. The deceived woman took some fruit and ate it. (Genesis 3:6)
2. The man accepted some fruit and rebelling against God’s words he ate it. (Genesis 3:6)
3. Both knew they were naked and made loincloths to hide from each other. (Genesis 3:7)
4. Both hid themselves from the presence of God walking in the Garden. (Genesis 3:8)
5. God called out in a way that applied to either one. The man answered first. (Genesis 3:9)
6. God asked the man who spoke. The man hid that it was the serpent. (Genesis 3:10-11)
7. The man lied to God by deflecting blame to God and to the woman (Genesis 3:12)
8. The woman realized the truth and unmasked the serpent as the tempter. (Genesis 3:13)
The judgments.
There were different punishments for first- and second-degree sin. (Exodus 21:12-13)
The serpent-tempter and the man each received six-point parallel condemnations.
The woman received an eleven-word promise and explanation with no curse.
Judgment from God to the serpent tempter: for the first-degree sin of willful murder
1. Acting on the truthful report from the woman God cursed the serpent (Genesis 3:14)
2. God confirmed the spiritual battle between the woman and Satan (Genesis 3:15)
3. God began the Promise of the Good News of the victorious Offspring (Genesis 3:15)
4. God explained the woman’s Offspring would crush Satan’s head. (Genesis 3:15)
Judgment from God to the woman: for the second-degree sin of eating after deception
1. God confirmed the woman as “Enemy of Satan” (Genesis 3:15)
2. God completed the great Promise which concerned her conception (Genesis 3:15-16a)
3. God foretold her sorrowful-toil like the man because of the curse on the ground (3:16a)
4. God told her of the effort of childbirth since she had become mortal (Genesis 3:16b).
5. God foretold the happy news of children even though she was mortal (Genesis 3:16b)
6. God confirmed that she still lovingly desired her husband (Genesis 3:16c)
7. God warned that her rebellious husband would seek to rule over her (Genesis 3:16d)
Judgment from God to the man: for the first-degree sin of willful disobedience
1. For not listening to God, God cursed the ground the man was to work (Genesis 3:17)
2. God told the man of the effects of the curse on the ground. (Genesis 3:18-19a)
3. God told the man of the effects of mortality as the consequence of eating (Genesis 3:19b)
The poisonous mistranslations
(To be continued)
