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Originally Posted by OBW
Actually, I do not see your determination of the context as being a fact. The context is the declarations of God toward the man and woman as the result of their disobedience. Bearing and rearing children is only one of the things that was included in what was said to the woman. It is NOT the context.
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It is a fact that women have a more difficult time bearing children than any other species, this is a biologic consequence of our walking on two legs.
As a result of this it is also a fact that human children require years of training, much more than that of any other mammal.
The fact is that bearing and rearing human children is a much more difficult process than for any other species on this planet.
These facts are referred to in this very same verse when God says He will "I will greatly multiply thy pain and thy conception; in pain thou shalt bring forth children". Whether you want to refer to it as "the context" or to "one of the things included in the context" does it make any difference? Either way why would God be warning the woman not to "turn to" the man for help?
The question is if a change in translation of this verse from the word "desire" to "turn to" results in changing the interpretation to God warning the woman not to turn to man for help.