In The Beginning God Created Male and Female
Often I have had the opportunity to hear pastors express how Eve was tempted by the serpent and ate of the fruit of the forbidden tree. Many pastors offer a disingenuous reading of the text. Women I have met in the past also share their contempt for Eve when there are complaints to be laid out about the plight of women in the USA and abroad. Chapter 1 verses 27-29 reads: 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you ...