Genesis 3:16
What is written? (ESV)
To the woman he said, ‘I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing; in pain you shall bring forth children. Your desire shall be for your husband, and he shall rule over you.
What does it say?
God told Eve that He would multiply her pain in childbirth so that childbearing would be painful and that she will have desire for her husband, but he will be master over her.
What is its immediate context?
In the garden of Eden when God has discovered Adam and Eve’s disobedience. He pronounces judgment on the Tempter (vs 15) and shares the curses for both man (vss 17-19) and woman as a result of their disobedience and that fact that sin had now entered the world.
How Genesis 3:16 is applied across Bible answers
What does saved through childbearing mean (1 Timothy 2:15)?
Connected with God's curse on the woman to have pain in childbirth is God's plan that the woman would be submissive to the man, even though she would desire to rule over or usurp his authoritative role.
