Cheryl Schatz

Did God say that He took a female out of Adam? I know that many think this, but it isn’t supported by the text.

Genesis 2:22 (NASB95)
22The LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man.

Notice that God fashioned the woman from the rib. He doesn’t say that he took out a female and fashioned a female from it. The female wasn’t in existence until God fashioned her after the rib was removed from Adam.

This doesn’t diminish the value of the woman, but I believe it gives the woman full identity of her own. She was not inside the man as a woman within a male/female body, but a complete identity of her own as fashioned by God outside the body of the male. This made them both individuals, but with the same original DNA structure. One human race, but separate male and female. Her identity, according to the text, was not removed from Adam, but was created by God Himself outside of Adam, from a part that came from His DNA.

I did a post back in 2009 that talks about the myths that have been presented about God being female as well as male and that God took a female out of the body of a male. I know that this is a very romantic idea, but I would rather have the truth and know that we are truly God’s creation as fully female and in His image rather than holding to old time myths that distract us from the truth. Here is the old post. http://strivetoenter.com/wim/2009/02/02/adam-and-his-ms-organ/ I welcome any comments, questions or differing views, if anyone thinks that I am the one who has it wrong.