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Eugene F. Roop focuses on the rich story line that traces the development of a community of faith in Genesis. He explores the important theological motifs of the book and their implications for our lives today. These themes include creation, disaster and reaction, promise and fulfillment, infertility and blessing. This commentary grew out of the study of Genesis in the congregational and...

motherhood was basic for the definition to those who heard this text in ancient Israel. They observed that great pain and danger was part of motherhood. How could this be understood? Furthermore, the relationship between women and men clearly was distorted. What God intended to be a relationship of mutuality and companionship was characterized instead by domination. [Male and Female in Genesis 1–3.] The woman’s urge toward the man remains, but domination by the man, not companionship, results. God
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