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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 3:16

Gen 3:16 Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire [shall be] to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. Ver. 16. I will greatly multiply thy sorrow. ] The greatest of sorrows this is, as we are given to understand, both out of divine and human writings. "I had rather die in battle ten times over, than bring forth but once only," said Medea in the tragedy. a But we have a better example, in the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 3:16

in sorrow: Genesis 35:16-Job :, 1 Samuel 4:19-Ecclesiastes :, Psalms 48:6, Isaiah 13:8, Isaiah 21:3, Isaiah 26:17, Isaiah 26:18, Isaiah 53:11, Jeremiah 4:31, Jeremiah 6:24, Jeremiah 13:21, Jeremiah 22:23, Jeremiah 49:24, Micah 4:9, Micah 4:10, John 16:21, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 1 Timothy 2:15 thy desire: Genesis 4:7 to: or, subject to rule: Numbers 30:7, Numbers 30:8, Numbers 30:13, Esther 1:20, 1 Corinthians 7:4, 1 Corinthians 11:3, 1 Corinthians 14:34, Ephesians 5:22-Jeremiah :, Colossians... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 3:16

Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.We have here the sentence past upon the woman; she is condemned to a state of sorrow and a state of subjection: proper punishments of a sin in which she had gratified her pleasure and her pride. (1.) She is here put into a state of sorrow; one particular of which only is instanced in, that in bringing forth... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:1-24

The Generations of the Heavens and the Land, Genesis 2:4 to Genesis 4:26. In chapters 1, and Genesis 2:1-3, the sacred writer gives us his account of the creation of the heavens and the land; he now proceeds to give us their generations, תולרות . His historical standpoint is the day from which these generations start; the day when man was formed of the dust of the ground, and of the breath of life from the heavens. So the first man is conceived of as the product of the heavens and the land... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 3:16

16. Unto the woman he said A fourfold sentence: 1) multiplied pains of conception and pregnancy; 2) the pangs of childbirth; 3) the desire of the husband; and 4) the subjection to the authority of the man . Or the sentence may be treated as twofold by connecting the first and second together, the pains of pregnancy and childbirth being naturally associated; and the third and fourth are, in like manner, closely related in thought . The words thy sorrow and thy conception are properly... read more

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