Bible was written in a patriarchal
society. Women were given less prominence in Biblical literature. Not
mentioning the names of women was common practice in Biblical writings. Bible
is inspired Word of God, written by men. Moses wrote Torah without any authorship
crisis. Genesis 7:7, 7:13&8:18 pre-flood narrative says 1) Noah 2) Noah’s
sons 3) Noah’s wife and Noah’s daughter in laws (This is human order- written
by Moses). We see patriarchal mind set giving priority to sons of Noah than,
wife of Noah. But in Gen 8:15-16 God followed His orderly creation (First-Adam,
second-Eve), by mentioning Noah and Noah’s wife (Naamah) together and then
Noah’s sons, thus proving his symmetrical importance to couples. Dear God, help
us not to show incongruence between male and female in our Churches and
society. In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Biblical Source: Moses
Prayer composed by: Pastor. S. Manohar
Pradeep
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