The Book of Genesis is full of stories and characters that set the stage for the entire Bible. Genesis has some of the most notable stories from The Bible, such as Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and also Joseph. Most people can read or hear these stories and recognize all the main themes like jealousy and sin as a whole. However, most people don't examine the stories close enough to find the themes that are hidden below the major ones. A maj

The next major story that is in Genesis is the story of Cain and Abel. Women are not even mentioned in this story except to show that they produced offspring for Cain and Abel. Women in the early part of the Bible are often times shown as nothing more than childbearers. That was considered the main role of women, to have as many children as they possibly could. This role gets changed around as The Bible goes on.

or underlying theme that reoccurs throughout Genesis and even the entire Bible is the role that women play in these stories. By looking at this theme, and paying close attention to it in all stories, a reader can see the evolution of the acceptance of women as a contributor to the society. The beginning of Genesis starts with women being depicted in an unfavorable way, but as the stories go on women take a more active and positive role. This theme is carried throughout The Bible and is not just in the Book of Genesis. There are a few women characters and stories that are interesting and illustrate the idea of women's progression.

Next comes the story of Jacob and his two wives Leah and Rachel. Jacob fell in love with Rachel but ended up getting tricked into marrying her sister Leah. After serving Laban, Rachel and Leah's father, Jacob then earns the right to marry Rachel. The sisters end up fighting out of jealousy over who can have more children with Jacob. Genesis 30:1 says," When Rachel saw that she had borne Jacob no children, she became envious of her sister; and Rachel said to Jacob,' Give me children or I shall Die." The story goes on and Rachel ends up giving her servant to Jacob and he has children with her. These children, however, are considered to be Rachel's children since she gave her servant to Jacob as a concubine. Leah then became jealous so she gave Jacob her servant and Jacob ended up having children through her. Now from a quick read of this story a reader might just assume that Jacob has all these women to have sex with whenever he wants and the women are still just seen as objects. However these women are using Jacob instead because the more children a woman has the greater the likelihood that one of her children will inherit the father's land. The women know that if they do not receive inheritance through their children, then they will probably have to become a prostitute to earn money and survive. This is the one of the first time in The Bi

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