Vengeful God

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Vengeful God
In the book Genesis translated by Robert Atler, God created human beings, and they are, therefore, his children. However, God lacks patience, gets angry, and is vengeful with his children. When Eve eats the fruit, she was forbidden to eat; God told Eve he would make women have pain when bearing children and that men will rule over women . God tells Adam that the soil will be cursed and man will have to sweat to eat . God doesn’t teach the humans how to live because he wants them to learn morality without being told, but when they do mess up he punishes them harshly. The only thing he does teach them is that they are to obey him or feel his wrath. When Cain kills his brother Abel, God exiles Cain but puts a mark on him so no one

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