SEV Biblia, Chapter 3:16
¶ A la mujer dijo: Multiplicaré en gran manera tus dolores y tus preñeces; con dolor darás a luz los hijos; y a tu marido será tu deseo, y él se enseñoreará de ti.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 3:16
Verse 16. Unto the woman he said] She being second in the transgression is brought up the second to receive her condemnation, and to hear her punishment: I will greatly multiply, or multiplying I will multiply; i.e., I will multiply thy sorrows, and multiply those sorrows by other sorrows, and this during conception and pregnancy, and particularly so in parturition or child-bearing. And this curse has fallen in a heavier degree on the woman than on any other female. Nothing is better attested than this, and yet there is certainly no natural reason why it should be so; it is a part of her punishment, and a part from which even God's mercy will not exempt her. It is added farther, Thy desire shall be to thy husband -thou shalt not be able to shun the great pain and peril of child-bearing, for thy desire, thy appetite, shall be to thy husband; and he shall rule over thee, though at their creation both were formed with equal rights, and the woman had probably as much right to rule as the man; but subjection to the will of her husband is one part of her curse; and so very capricious is this will often, that a sorer punishment no human being can well have, to be at all in a state of liberty, and under the protection of wise and equal laws.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-19 - The woman, for her sin, is condemned to a state of sorrow, and of subjection; proper punishments of that sin, in which she had sought to gratify the desire of her eye, and of the flesh, and her pride. Sin brought sorrow into the world; that made the world a vale of tears. N wonder our sorrows are multiplied, when our sins are so. He shall rul over thee, is but God's command, Wives, be subject to your ow husbands. If man had not sinned, he would always have ruled with wisdo and love; if the woman had not sinned, she would always have obeye with humility and meekness. Adam laid the blame on his wife; but thoug it was her fault to persuade him to eat the forbidden fruit, it was his fault to hearken to her. Thus men's frivolous pleas will, in the day of God's judgment, be turned against them. God put marks of displeasure of Adam. 1. His habitation is cursed. God gave the earth to the children of men, to be a comfortable dwelling; but it is now cursed for man' sin. Yet Adam is not himself cursed, as the serpent was, but only the ground for his sake. 2. His employments and enjoyments are imbittere to him. Labour is our duty, which we must faithfully perform; it is part of man's sentence, which idleness daringly defies. Uneasiness an weariness with labour are our just punishment, which we must patientl submit to, since they are less than our iniquity deserves. Man's foo shall become unpleasant to him. Yet man is not sentenced to eat dust a the serpent, only to eat the herb of the field. 3. His life also is but short; considering how full of trouble his days are, it is in favour to him that they are few. Yet death being dreadful to nature, even when life is unpleasant, that concludes the punishment. Sin brought deat into the world: if Adam had not sinned, he had not died. He gave way to temptation, but the Saviour withstood it. And how admirably the satisfaction of our Lord Jesus, by his death and sufferings, answere the sentence passed on our first parents! Did travailing pains com with sin? We read of the travail of Christ's soul, Isa 53:11; and the pains of death he was held by, are so called, Ac 2:24. Did subjectio came in with sin? Christ was made under the law, Ga 4:4. Did the curs come in with sin? Christ was made a curse for us, he died a curse death, Ga 3:13. Did thorns come in with sin? He was crowned with thorn for us. Did sweat come in with sin? He sweat for us, as it had bee great drops of blood. Did sorrow come in with sin? He was a man of sorrows; his soul was, in his agony, exceeding sorrowful. Did deat come in with sin? He became obedient unto death. Thus is the plaster a wide as the wound. Blessed be God for his Son our Lord Jesus Christ.
Original Hebrew
אל 413 האשׁה 802 אמר 559 הרבה 7235 ארבה 7235 עצבונך 6093 והרנך 2032 בעצב 6089 תלדי 3205 בנים 1121 ואל 413 אישׁך 376 תשׁוקתך 8669 והוא 1931 ימשׁל׃ 4910
