Suffering In The Bible Research Paper

There are many characters in the Old Testament of the Bible that have experienced suffering, but one in particular stands out as the character who experienced suffering in a most influential way. This character is Eve, the mother of all living things, and the second human created after Adam. When God creates the first human, Adam, he does not want him to become lonely, so he creates Eve from one of Adam’s ribs to act as a partner for him. Eve suffered the wrath of God after she disobeyed him and ate an apple from the forbidden tree of knowledge of good and evil. Eve was punished with painful childbirth. She is also punished with desiring her husband, Adam, but he is dominant over her. The punishments that are placed upon Eve, affect all of her offspring and humans yet to come, and her suffering shows that disobeying God has consequences. …show more content…
You will desire your husband, but he will be your master (19).” The first part of his punishment for Eve says that childbirth will now cause her pain. This is mainly interpreted as the reason giving birth is painful for women today. Eve will not only experience physical pain, but also emotional and spiritual pain knowing that her offspring will never be able to experience God and his land in the way that she did. The second part of her punishment states that her desire will be for her husband, Adam, but he will rule over her. This punishment given to Eve implicates the beginning of the battle of the two sexes. Instead of the original relationship that Eve and Adam had of peace and mutual dependence on each other, their relationship now includes a struggle for