Further this role reveals and defines man in a mature state as in Christ as a lamb one who takes on the debt of others. I’ve been holding onto the pieces that Yeshua came as the second Adam and included in that is the role of man. This helps me put together a few more pieces of the puzzle. Topical Index: had relations, sex, yādaʿ, one flesh, bāśār ʾeḥad, Genesis 4:1 That’s why we all know that sex is not love-and never can be. It is the attempt to recover myself alone. Sex is the loneliest act of human expression one can experience. Adam knows, all right, but what he knows is And now, when he shares himself, he only succeeds in creating further separation. He does not ask forgiveness (in spite of the fact that he is forgiven) and he does not forgive. He is broken, ashamed, guilty and estranged. If the man cannot know who he is until he tells at least one other person who he is, then Adam’s tragedy is that he no longer reveals who he is. Now they are lonely together.Ĭain is not the result of joyous harmony. What should have been a connection that established self-identity and communal equality has turned into something else.
Here yādaʿ suggests more than sexual encounter. They share their vulnerability in a way that they have not experienced since the end of chapter 2 when they were naked and not ashamed. The word is yādaʿ, “to know.” We realize that this expression is about intimate, sexual knowing, but perhaps we have already overlooked the more important idea.
First, the translation “had relations” is a euphemism, provided by the translator. Had relations – We all know that this is about sex, right? Adam and Eve have sex and she gets pregnant, right? No, sorry. Now the man had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have gotten a manchild with the help of the Lord.” Genesis 4:1 NASB
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