pinklight

Hi Gazza,

I would feel that there are a great many ways in which a task may be shared by two people (or genders) without each exactly mimicking the other.

I agree. Take two brothers for example or two sons – they do the same task but not exactly the same way, but both are males. So this concept you bring up applies to all people, male or female.

I don’t think that verse 29 really speaks to the idea that the roles are identical. Am I wrong here?

Are you referring to the verse on food?

just that I feel that some of the assertions that have been made towards uniformity are going beyond what is actually conveyed in the referenced text.

What exactly has been said that is beyond what is conveyed in the text?

Looking only at Gen 1 I don’t think that I could limit what distinctions were possible. Am I missing something here?

Well, what distinctions are possible in your opinion that are not given in the text? The husband and wife were given equal rulership, told to multiply and given permission to eat. They were already husband and wife, and they were commanded to “be father and mother.” What possibilites could exist outside the text? How could the command to multiply limit the distinction of father to mother or husband to wife?