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THE PURPOSE OF WOMAN
By John Weston
And God said: "Ler us make man in our image, acriding to our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over the livestock, and over all the creatures that creep on the Earth". Gen 1:26
And God said: "It is not good for the man to be alone, I will eate a helper suitable for him." Gen 2:18
Those two scriptures show that man was created to rule over all the earth and everythihng in it that woman was created to be a helper for the man.
When man ate of te tree that was forbidden by God, he was told: "Because you have lsitened to the voice of your wife, and eaten of the tree...cursed is the ground because of you". Gen 3:17
And to the wopman he said "Your desire shall be for your husband and he sahll rule over you". Gen 3:16
Throughout the bible the emphasis has been on the man as ruler on the earth. It is the mans seed that carries the bloodline, and so the lineage list the men and their sons and their sons afer them.
It was the custom and design that man was not limited to one wife according to scripture. Here are some examples:
*Abraham had 3 wives (Gen 16:3, 25:1) and concubines (Gen 25:6)
*Jacob had 4 wives (Gen 30: 1-9)
*Esau had 4 wives (Gen 36:2-3, 28:9)
*Lamech had 2 wives (Gen 4:19)
*Eliphaz (Esau's son) had 2 wives (Gen 36: 11-12)
*Ashur had 2 wives (1 Chr 4:5)
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