54:9-10). Yet, this is true of Genesis texts generally (e.g., Gen 22), so it is difficult to assess what role these chapters may have played in Israel's reflections. New Testament texts, especially Paul's references to Gen 3 and the "fall" (e.g., Rom 5:12-21), are perhaps most responsible for the attention given these chapters in Christian circles. These Pauline texts have been extended by elaborate churchly reflections about creation, sin and evil, the nature of the human, and the relationship between God