Genesis 3:16 ESV
To the woman he said,
“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing;
in pain you shall bring forth children.
Your desire shall be for your husband,
and he shall rule over you.”
The woman's punishment involves a more painful existence in bearing children and in the subjugation to her husband. She will be the mother of all living, yet the child bearing pains will be played out on a personal level and in the birth pains of the new creation to come.
She loses something in her relationship with Adam. God seems to redirect her access to Himself to Adam instead. Adam becomes her lord. She has lost her status of co-ruler with Adam and is now ruled by him.
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