Genesis 2 Is woman an after thought in Gods mind?

[davidv]

I know you are thinking of it in a loving sort of way, that Adam would love and honor a partner that was of his own kind, which is nice and all, but I’m questioning the fact that Genesis tells of creation initially being planned for one human, which of course was a male human.

What in Genesis indicates that this is so?
Genesis 1 suggests otherwise.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

God then sees this human is lonely and in complete, so after bringing all the animals, (which of course God knows will not do) he puts adam in a deep sleep and creates a partner to make him complete.

All of the story suggests it’s written by a man for men. Even the “that is why a man leaves his mother and father and is joined to his wife”

There is no description of how Eve had the breath of God breathed into her when she was created, nor any explanation on how she loved and appreciated Adam.

It just seems alittle suspect to me when I really think about it. It may not bother many people, but it seems like half a story to me.

Thanks.

 

[simpleas]

What in Genesis indicates that this is so?
Genesis 1 suggests otherwise.

Gen 1 is pretty straight forward and I’m fine with that, Gen 2 goes into detail, but makes it out that man (male) was the first to be created, then the female comes later for the man, not both for each other.

 

[davidv]

Gen 1 is pretty straight forward and I’m fine with that, Gen 2 goes into detail, but makes it out that man (male) was the first to be created, then the female comes later for the man, not both for each other.

Why do you think the order in Genesis 2 suggests this? Particularly when Genesis 1 does not.

Scripture cannot contradict Scripture.

 

[simpleas]

Why do you think the order in Genesis 2 suggests this? Particularly when Genesis 1 does not.

Scripture cannot contradict Scripture.

The description in Gen 2 is pretty clear.

 

[ricmat]

I know you are thinking of it in a loving sort of way, that Adam would love and honor a partner that was of his own kind, which is nice and all, but I’m questioning the fact that Genesis tells of creation initially being planned for one human, which of course was a male human. God then sees this human is lonely and in complete, so after bringing all the animals, (which of course God knows will not do) he puts adam in a deep sleep and creates a partner to make him complete.

All of the story suggests it’s written by a man for men. Even the “that is why a man leaves his mother and father and is joined to his wife”

There is no description of how Eve had the breath of God breathed into her when she was created, nor any explanation on how she loved and appreciated Adam.

It just seems alittle suspect to me when I really think about it. It may not bother many people, but it seems like half a story to me.

Thanks.

The Navarre Bible commentary notes that the “sleep” into which Adam was put was a kind of death, and the extraction of Eve from the same Adam (into which he had breathed life) was a rebirth as 2 beings rather than 1. Also “By describing the creation of woman as coming from one of Adam’s ribs, the sacred writer is saying that, contrary to people’s thinking at the time, man and woman have the same nature and the same dignity, for both have come from the same piece of clay that God shaped and made into a living being.”

 

[davidv]

The description in Gen 2 is pretty clear.

Not if something contrary is interpreted.

 

[simpleas]

The Navarre Bible commentary notes that the “sleep” into which Adam was put was a kind of death, and the extraction of Eve from the same Adam (into which he had breathed life) was a rebirth as 2 beings rather than 1. Also “By describing the creation of woman as coming from one of Adam’s ribs, the sacred writer is saying that, contrary to people’s thinking at the time, man and woman have the same nature and the same dignity, for both have come from the same piece of clay that God shaped and made into a living being.”

Thanks, I’ve never heard it explained in this way. It’s a shame that wasn’t understood a long time ago.Maybe because the focus was on the woman being deceived and the man following her.