Day six of creation week was a very good day! Then, God created humankind. They were fashioned as sexual beings—male and female. In Genesis 1, God addresses the new humans as coregents over the earth and charges them to use the reproductive capacity of their sexuality to bear children (Gen. 1:26-28). Genesis 2 focuses more particularly on the details of the creation of male and female, including the divine assessment that the absence of a suitable companion for Adam was “not good.” The woman, the “helper corresponding to him,” is created from Adam’s flesh. Rapturous joy bursts forth from the man as he recognizes himself for the first time as “man” and the new being as “woman,” a counterpart and companion for him (Gen. 2:18-25).
No comments:
Post a Comment