17
¶ And unto Adam he said, Because thou
hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which
I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for
thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 18 Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth
to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat
bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for
dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Here is one that fundamentalists love and their
sentiment would almost be humorous if it didn’t have such tragic effects. Verse
17 is used to say that any man who takes advice from his wife is disobeying God
and deserves any negative consequence. Adam is judged for disobeying God in
taking the very bad advice from his wife to do it. Certainly, any woman or man
who follows their spouse in disobedience to God is foolish. But, Godly advice
from your wife is something you should always seriously consider as her co-heir
in the grace of life.
This verse is no more a command to not do whatever your
wife tells you to do any more than the following verse is a command to obey her
in all things.
Genesis
21:12 And God said unto Abraham, Let it
not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman;
in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac
shall thy seed be called.
As Eve faced a judgment upon childbirth, that which
perhaps had been easy and pain-free now being a time of pain and travail, so Adam’s employment as a
worker of the ground and caretaker of God’s creation was going to be
accompanied now by sweat, toil, and much effort. Also, here is the judgment of death,
over which Satan has authority.
Hebrews
2:14 Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil;
Adam and Eve will share in these judgments as man and
woman share in the pains and agonies of life on earth.
Hebrews
9:27 And as it is appointed unto men
once to die, but after this the judgment:
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