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2010-03-23

It is true that it says her desire shall be for Adam. Period. However, it does not say whether this is a pure desire or an impure desire. Both are possible. I can say my desire is for my husband. Period. But that doesn’t state why I have a desire for him. It is the ‘why’ that is critical here, and it is unstated. There is always a ‘why’ or a motive for desiring someone. The fact that it is unstated does not mean we can immediately conclude the reason is either pure or impure. We have to look at the whole context.

You mean a person (particularly Eve) couldn’t just want her husband like the text says? We have to guess that there’s a reason why she desired her husband being something other than her husband, but for a reason like for things? Why do that if the text simply says she desired her husband, period? We can’t just trust the text because we can’t trust that her desire was actually just for her husband, period? To say that her desire was for somehting other than just her husband is not going with just the text.

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