The Bible speaks of Adam and Eva, so the marriage is only between a man and a woman?

Text by Evan* Published on Queer Grace - Encyclopedia for Christians LGBTQ (USA), freely translated by Silvia Lanzi

"The Lord God said:" It is not good that man is alone: ​​I want to help him that he is similar to him. " Then the Lord God shaped all the sort of wild beasts and all birds of the sky from the ground and led them to man, to see how they would have called them: in whatever man he had called each of the living beings, what he had to be his own name. So the man imposed names to all cattle, to all birds in the sky and all wild beasts, but the man did not find help that was similar to him. Then the Lord God made a torpor drop over man, who fell asleep; He took away one of the ribs and locked his meat in his place. The Lord God shaped with the rib, who had taken away from the man, a woman and led her to man. Then the man said: “This time it it is meat from my meat And bone from my bones.
It will be called a woman Because man was removed from man ».
This is why the man will abandon his father and mother and join his wife and the two will be only one flesh. Now both were naked, the man and his wife, but they did not feel shame. (Genesis 2: 18-25)

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This text of the second creation found in Genesis tells the story of God who seeks adequate help for the first human creature, Adam. God sees him and says: "It is not good that man is alone". It is said of God who satisfies the human need for company and intimacy. These two people are united so intimately that they only form one, even in their bones. In the Jewish tradition, bones are the fundamental part of human essence. Much after the forfeiture and death have requested their toll, the bones remain. In this way, Adam and Eva are linked to each other in their essence. A trinitarian reading of this passage would seem to reveal that God wants humans to live in mutual relationship, as the three members of the Trinity do.

Some biblical scholars both Christian and Jews interpret the text of Genesis 2: 20-25 as affirmation that heterosexual relationships are the only ones to be natural because they were created by God. When help/partner suitable for Adam was created (a man), The only person suitable for this intimacy was Eva (a woman). Often this text is used as a declaration in favor of internosexuality and, by extension, against homosexuality. Adam was not given a male partner, but a female. God wanted the male/female relationships and not homosexual ones, therefore the latter are unnatural.
Other scholars interpret this text as a need for company and intimacy which, however, does not depend on the genre. God did not create a heterosexual relationship: he simply created a relationship. These scholars say that Eva was created as a suitable partner for Adam because both are heterosexual (or in any case attracted by an opposite sex individual). If Adam had been a gay man, the only logical choice Saten would be a help/male partner. If Eva had been created before, and had been bisexual, his partner could have been of both genres. In this interpretation, Eva's creation is not an endorsement to internosexuality, but rather the story of how God satisfies the need for company and intimacy people have.

What does this story have to say about marriage?

You often see verse 24 as an example of marriage. Many of the same scholars who say that this text shows that homosexuality is unnatural, use it in favor of heterosexual marriage. According to this interpretation, the text clearly states that the man will have to leave his father and mother to unite (some say marry) to his wife. Since the text speaks only of a man and a woman who become a single meat, this implies that unions involving a man and a woman is legitimized.
Those who criticize this point of view underline that the Bible marriage is no longer the one of now. The Bible shows many different types of relationships, including polygamy, combined marriage and that of foreskin girls. Many say that although the Bible expresses great truths about intimacy and relationships, in today's society many of its examples of relationships should not be considered normal or appropriate.

What does this story say about women?

This text also has many implications on the topics involving women. For many years it (together with Genesis 3, the history of the "fall") has been used as a basis to say that women are submitted to men; They were created for second and precisely by man. We consider the less important "helper" by those who are helped by this. In the text it is said that the man will leave his father and mother to join his wife and thus become one meat. However, in many of the Jewish wisdom scriptures, the man brings his wife to his family of origin and this becomes an integral part of it.
On the other hand, some affirm that this passage is one of the many used against women as justification for their subordinate treatment, until they even become owned by man. The feminisre theologians underline that the word used, "helper", does not necessarily have a submission character. The Jewish term that translates with "helper" is used to describe a collaborator of a certain importance. In the Psalms 33:20, 70: 5, 115: 9-11, and 121: 2 the same word is used to describe God and in these psalms there is nothing that suggests that God is succubus, or applies less, of beings humans.
Eva is no less than Adam because it was created chronologically per second. They are partners and companions linked together so intimately that they are only one meat. The declaration "bones of my bones and meat of my meat" is one of the highest of equality and intimacy. It is also important to say that it is only in the second chapter of the genesis that the woman is created for second. In Genesis 1:27, God creates humans (both male and female) in his image and likeness. This imterification shows that there is no hierarchy in divine creation. Man and woman are created together and share the same image as God.

What does this story have to do with sexuality and sexual orientation?

A topic against homosexual marriage is that for a gay couple it is impossible to have a child (alone or with external aid). After all, the first commandment of God to Adam was to be fruitful and multiply. At the beginning of this step, God notes that Adam is only that this is not beautiful for him. At the end of the story, Adam and Eva become a single meat (one of the many metaphors of writing to indicate sexual intercourse), but the text does not speak of their "fertility". An interpretation is that, if they have sex, the inevitable result is procreation, therefore there is no need to name it. Another interpretation underlines that the primary purpose of human sexuality is not reproduction, but intimacy. Later, Adam and Eva have children and start the human race, but it happens precisely later. The song ends with the two of them, innocent and without shame, who share the mutual company. The story begins with loneliness and ends up being together.

* Evan. Theologian. Future shepherd. Lover of the language.

Original text: The Bible Says Adam and Eve. Does that mean Marriage is only for one man and one woman?