Kay

Mark,

Your wrote:”So it is sensible to see why God has to re-address the use of the word ‘curse’ It seems hard to me to seperate the flow of the chapter between the serpent and Eve. What is discussed with her fits snuggly into the flow of the chapter and the curse of the serpent. Perhaps someone can show me in the text why we should make this seperation.”

So, are you saying, you think that God had a plan of male leadership that was a blessing before the Fall and then a curse afterward?