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pinklight – “This is THE key. That Eve’s desire was sinful CANNOT be established from the scriptures.”

Unless her turning was against Adam, or unless her turning was away from God. What is most important to note is that scripture doesn’t tell us directly whether Eve’s desire is either good or bad. You have no more direct proof than I. So we must look at the surrounding circumstances.

What we can establish from scripture is that the word being used can be used to indocate bad turning (Gen 4:7) or good turning (Song of Solomon). The context needs to be examined. So, which of the only other two situations in scripture is Eve’s desire more similar to? It is clearly Gen 4:7, because not only the similarity in sentence structure but the existence of conflict in both. Add to that the general theme of the Gen 3 narrative from God which contains nothing good, and we can determine from the only clues available that Eve’s desire was not good. It is debatable what was bad about it, but it was bad.

So, is God a God of confusion? Does he leave us hanging about what he means in Gen 3:16? I know wyou would agree with me the answer is “no”. The evidence that God provides for us clearly indicates that her desire was bad.