Genesis 1-3 (NLT) All scripture is written in italics.

27So God created human beings in his own image.

In the image of God, he created them;

male and female he created them.

28Then God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it.

8Then the Lord God planted a garden in Eden in the east, and there he placed the man he had made. 9The Lord God made all sorts of trees grow up from the ground—trees that were beautiful and that produced delicious fruit. In the middle of the garden he placed the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

15The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it. 16But the Lord God warned him, “You may freely eat the fruit of every tree in the garden—17except the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat its fruit, you are sure to die.”

18Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”

21So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs and closed up the opening. 22Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.

23“At last!” the man exclaimed. “This one is bone from my bone, and flesh from my flesh! She will be called ‘woman, ’because she was taken from ‘man.’”.

Eve’s Story (The following comes from the Bible but some of it is written fictionally, as I see her, to fill in the story.)

What? Where did I come from and who are you?  What is this place?  I have so many questions!  Why do I know things?  Ah, the Lord has put knowledge in my mind.  He is so wonderful!  He has given me a man to keep me company.  He has also given me a beautiful place to live.  Everywhere I look it is beautiful.  Even the man is nice to look at.  And the animals.  So many different kinds and I enjoy being with all of them.  But, most of all, I enjoy being with God.  He is with us and talks with us all the time.  It is so wonderful to be loved by God who created us and this wonderful place we live.  I can do this forever!

One day I was walking in the garden and there in a tree was a snake.  He seemed special somehow, so I went over to him to talk to him.  He started talking to me. 

“Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”

2“Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” I replied. 3“It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”

4“You won’t die!” the serpent replied (to the woman). 5“God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”

Wow!  That is interesting.  I looked at the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and it was beautiful!  The fruit was so fresh and yummy looking I was having a hard time not looking at it, wanting it.  Oh, but I shouldn’t!  But I want to know so much more!  I want to be like God!  Just then Adam came over.  I told him what the snake said.  He did not stop me when I reached up and took a fruit from the tree and bit into it.  It tasted so wonderful I handed it to Adam, and he took a bite.  Suddenly, we knew!  We knew life as we knew it was over.  I felt so ashamed.  The snake was right I did know so much more.  I knew shame and fear and a bunch of other emotions I never knew before.  Suddenly the world seemed darker.  I realized I was naked in front of Adam and the rest of the animals.  That snake was a liar and I should not have listened to him.  I hate how I feel!

I told Adam we should sew leaves together to cover our nakedness.  We did and hid in the trees.  We knew God would be looking for us.  We did not want Him to see our naked bodies.  Sure enough the Lord came looking for us.  We knew He knew where we were since He was all knowing but we hid anyways. 

The Lord called to us.  ”Where are you?” He asked.  Adam replied “I heard you walking in the garden, so I hid. I was afraid because I was naked.”

11“Who told you that you were naked?” the Lord God asked. “Have you eaten from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat?”

12The man replied, “It was the woman you gave me who gave me the fruit, and I ate it.”

Sure, blame it all on me!  “It was the snake” I replied, “he tricked me into thinking we would be more like You.”  “I’m sorry I listened to him.  Please make this all go back to the way it was.  I don’t want to feel like this anymore!”  I knew we could never go back.  We were doomed.  My heart was broken.  What surprised me next was what God had to say to us.  First, He spoke to the snake.

“Because you have done this, you are cursed more than all animals, domestic and wild.

You will crawl on your belly, groveling in the dust as long as you live. 15And I will cause hostility between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her offspring. He will strike your head, and you will strike his heel.”

Wonder what the Lord meant by all of this.  No time to find out though because the Lord started talking to me. 

“I will sharpen the pain of your pregnancy, and in pain you will give birth. And you will desire to control your husband, but he will rule over you.”   It figures.  No more being equal, Adam will rule over me.  Well, we will see about that.  Then the Lord spoke to Adam.

 “Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat the ground is cursed because of you.  All your life you will struggle to scratch a living from it.  18It will grow thorns and thistles for you, though you will eat of its grains.  19By the sweat of your brow will you have food to eat until you return to the ground from which you were made.  For you were made from dust, and to dust you will return.”

Ugh!  Life is going to be so hard from now on.  Oh, why did I listen to the snake?  He is evil and now I am so afraid of all snakes.  Adam laughs at me, but I am really terrified when I see a snake now.  Now we cannot live in our beautiful garden anymore.  The land we now live in has so many rocks and thorn bushes in it.  There are other nasty plants.  One gave me a rash and I itched for days.  Adam made a tool to cut up the hard ground so we could plant seeds to grow our food.  God killed two sheep and made coverings for us to wear.  He said the meat was to be burned for an offering to Him for the forgiveness of our sins.  He said it was a sign of the One to come who would restore the perfect world and our hearts to Him. 

God continued to care for us by giving us knowledge to live.  For instance, He taught us what was an acceptable offering and what was not and why.  He also taught us what foods to eat and how to prepare them.  He gave us knowledge how to make a shelter to keep us safe from the animals who used to be our friends.  There is plenty of water here, but I must go fetch it all the time if I need it for cooking or to water the garden.  Life’s no fun anymore!

I’m pregnant!  I am getting bigger with this child growing inside of me.  The Lord told us to go have lots of children.  It’s not fun being pregnant.  The first three months I threw up a lot, especially in the morning.  Making a baby seems enjoyable but these nine months of misery is not!  Hope this baby comes soon! 

It’s a boy!  It hurt so much to give birth to him, but he is so adorable it was so worth it!  Just a few months later I realized I am pregnant again.  All I seem like is I am is barefoot, pregnant and cooking something.  Adam seems to like my cooking though and he sure loves Cain.  Our next child is also a boy.  We named him Abel.  They are growing up to be fine men.  I have given birth to a few girls too.  Girls seemed to be easier than boys to raise.

My heart is broken beyond belief.  Cain killed Abel!  I could not believe it when Adam told me.  Now Cain has left us, and we will probably never see him again.  He took one of his sisters for a wife when he left.  I miss them both so much. 

Pregnant once again.  This time I hope it is a boy to “replace” my dear Abel.  When he came out, we promised ourselves we would raise this boy to follow the Lord and to teach him about the coming Messiah.  Adam and I grew old together having many sons and daughters.  We have lots of grandchildren too.  Our grandchildren are having children and grandchildren too.  It has been a life of many ups and downs.  We are thankful our son Seth is closely following the Lord.  Come Messiah, come.

Lessons Learned from Eve

Don’t you want to yell at Eve not to eat the fruit or to even listen to the snake!  But think about it, we would probably do the same.  Life changed in an instant when Eve took that first bite.  Oh, how we have suffered since then.  Thankfully, God had a plan of salvation.  He sent His Son, Jesus, to die on a cross to save us from our sin.  Jesus was the perfect sacrifice pictured in the first sacrifice so long ago.  And, because of Jesus’ sacrifice we can have paradise once again when we get to Heaven.  For now, we must live in the sinful world where there is evil and illness.  But, do not fear!  God is with us.  We only must trust Him and believe.

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From Eve to Esther: Rabbinic Reconstructions of Biblical Women
By Leila Bronner / Westminster John Knox Press

This is the first book-length attempt to focus on female biblical figures in the ancient rabbinic writings of midrash and Talmud. Primary rabbinic sources employed by the author bring new life and insight into the stories of Eve, Deborah, Hannah, Serah bat Asher, and others. As women and men today attempt to reevaluate past historical models, it serves us well to understand the values and inner workings of rabbinic thinking. The examination of what the sources actually say, and not what others would like them to have said, enable reinterpretation of women’s role to proceed on an honest and authentic basis. Biblical women, reclaimed with contemporary midrash, can become paradigms for our modern lives.

Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do with You
By John MacArthur / Thomas Nelson

Celebrated for their courage, vision, hospitality, and spiritual giftedness, it’s no wonder women were so important to God’s place revealed in the Old and New Testaments. It wasn’t their natural qualities that made these women extraordinary but the power of the one true God whom they worshipped and served. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers at all ages.

In Twelve Extraordinary Women by John MacArthur, you’ll learn more than fascinating information about these women, you’ll discover–perhaps for the first time–the unmistakable chronology of God’s redemptive work in history through their lives. These women were not ancillary to His plan, they were at the very heart of it. And this book includes their amazing stories.

The twelve women studied in this book are Eve (Genesis 3:20), Sarah (Genesis 11-25), Rahab (Matthew 1:5-6), Ruth (Ruth 1-4), Hannah (1 Samuel 1-2), Mary, the mother of Jesus (Luke 1-2), Anna (Luke 2:36-38), The Samaritan woman (John 4), Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42), Mary Magdalene (Matthew 27:56-61), and Lydia (Acts 16:14).

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I Samuel 1 (Scripture taken from the New Living Translation is in italics.)

1There was a man named Elkanah who lived in Ramah in the region of Zuph in the hill country of Ephraim. He was the son of Jeroham, son of Elihu, son of Tohu, son of Zuph, of Ephraim. 2Elkanah had two wives, Hannah and Peninnah. Peninnah had children, but Hannah did not

3Each year Elkanah would travel to Shiloh to worship and sacrifice to the Lord of Heaven’s Armies at the Tabernacle. The priests of the Lord at that time were the two sons of Eli—Hophni and Phinehas. 4On the days Elkanah presented his sacrifice, he would give portions of the meat to Peninnah and each of her children. 5And though he loved Hannah, he would give her only one choice portion because the Lord had given her no children.

. 6So Peninnah would taunt Hannah and make fun of her because the Lord had kept her from having children. 7Year after year it was the same—Peninnah would taunt Hannah as they went to the Tabernacle. Each time, Hannah would be reduced to tears and would not even eat.

Hannah’s Story (The following is Hannah’s story in my words, some of it is fictional.)

She is doing it again!  It is bad enough Peninnah has three children, but does she have to rub it in my face every time we get together?  Yesterday was too much with her going on and on about how her oldest son was the fastest runner in town.  Who cares?  I know Elkanah loves me very much, but I am constantly hurt by her bragging.  Oh, Lord, why can’t I get pregnant?

Every year we go up to Shiloh to sacrifice to the Lord it is especially difficult because I am constantly with Peninnah and her children.  At home I can go to my part of the house and not have to see her much at all except when we eat supper.  Here on these trips I am with the whole family and I feel like such an outsider.   This year I am going to go to the Tabernacle by myself and pray for a child. 

After Elkanah made his sacrifices we all sat down to eat.  Peninnah was mad!  Elkanah gave me the best portion of the meat.  She started whispering to me how I don’t deserve to be in the family since I can’t have children.  She said I was a disgrace to womenkind.  She also said Elkanah loved her more since he would sleep with her more often than me.  I tried so hard to control my tears, but I could not even eat!  I fled to the woman’s section of the Tabernacle to pray.

10Hannah was in deep anguish, crying bitterly as she prayed to the Lord. 11And she made this vow: “O Lord of Heaven’s Armies, if you will look upon my sorrow and answer my prayer and give me a son, then I will give him back to you. He will be yours for his entire lifetime, and as a sign that he has been dedicated to the Lord, his hair will never be cut.”

I guess my lips were moving as I prayed because Eli, the old priest, saw me and thought I was drunk.  He told me to get rid of my wine and stop acting so foolish.  I was in shock!  My heart was broken, and he thinks I am drunk.  I started crying more and tried to tell him I was praying in earnest for something and had not even touch my wine at dinner.  He was so kind and blessed me.

17“In that case,” Eli said, “go in peace! May the God of Israel grant the request you have asked of him.”.

I felt much better after he said that to me.  I believed God would grant me my prayer.  And he did!  By the next year I was nursing a baby boy I named Samuel.  Samuel means I asked the Lord for him.  I kept my word too.  When Samuel was weaned, I took him up to the Tabernacle and presented him to Eli.  Samuel lived with Eli at the Tabernacle from then on and the Lord blessed me with other children.

Lessons Learned

A couple of months ago my small group Bible study was discussing Hannah.  I saw a lot of me in Hannah.  First, while we tried to get pregnant for ten years, it never happened.  I wanted to be a Mom.  Everyone else in my family, except one of my brothers who never married, had kids but not me.  All my friends were having kids too or at least it seemed like it.  Last year for Mother’s Day I wrote about my infertility.  https://northwoodsgirlblogging.com/infertility-and-mothers-day/  I would pray for a child just like Hannah.  Although, I do not remember crying about it, that is not the way I am built.  While I never gave birth, God gave me two children who are young adults now.  See My Adoption Story https://northwoodsgirlblogging.com/my-adoption-story/

I also know how it feels like to have another woman in my husband’s life.  Shortly after we moved back to Wisconsin in 2001, I realized my husband was having an affair.  For the next few years I felt like less of a woman because of the affair.  She never came right out and said she was better than me, but I felt it.  It was a very difficult time in my life, but I have grown so much from it.  I have also forgiven my now ex-husband.  Yet, the scars are still there.  Read I Samuel chapter two for Hannah’s Reaction to her story.  She was faithful to God even though she had to go through trials.  What are you praying for that is causing you anguish?  Remain faithful to God and He will answer your prayer.  Remember, though, God does not answer our prayers the way we want them to be answered.  He answers them according to His plan for us with yes, wait, or no (because He has something better for us). 

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A Passionate Hope Hannah’s Story

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Hannah and her husband, Elkanah, share a deep and abiding love, for each other, for their God, and for his tabernacle at Shiloh. Greatly disturbed by the corruption of the priests, they long for restoration and pray for a deliverer. But nothing changes as the years pass. Years that also reveal Hannah to be barren.

Pressured by his family to take another wife, Elkanah marries Peninnah, who quickly begins to bear children. Disgraced and taunted by her husband’s new wife, Hannah turns again to prayers that seem doomed to go unanswered. Do her devotion and kindness in the face of Peninnah’s cruelty count for nothing? Why does God remain silent and indifferent to her pleas?

Travel back to the dusty streets of Shiloh with an expert guide as Jill Eileen Smith brings to life a beloved story of hope, patience, and deliverance that shows that even the most broken of relationships can be restored.

Hannah’s Song: What Love Looks Like
By Diana Hagee / Worthy Publishing

Join Diana Hagee in this insightful Bible study as she takes you verse by verse through the story of Hannah memorialized in 1 Samuel. Hannah endured heartache, frustration, and a deep feeling of inadequacy for being barren in a culture that honored motherhood. Still, she was a woman of patience, perseverance, and courage. Hannah cried out to God with absolute faith that He would hear her petition and answer it. Using Scripture, powerful storytelling, and real-life examples, this study will help you:

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• Equip you to live the victorious, committed life of a believer.

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The Book of Ruth (Bible)

Before there was a king in Israel the land was ruled by judges.  During that time there was a famine in the land.  A man named Ellimelech, his wife Naomi and their sons Mahlon and Kilion left Israel and moved to Moab.  While they were living in Moab Elimelech died.  Mahlon and Kilion grew up and married Moabite wives.  One was named Orpah and the other was named Ruth.  While they were married ten years neither woman had any children.  Both Mahlon and Kilion also died.  While they were still grieving Naomi heard Israel’s famine was over.  She decided to return home to her family’s hometown of Bethlehem. 

Ruth’s Story: (The following is a speculation on what I think Ruth’s life was like. It is fictional)

When I first met Naomi and her two sons, I could tell they were different.  They did not worship our gods because they worshiped an unseen God.  How can an unseen God be a god?  The more I heard about their God the more I wanted to know.  I started to like Mahlon the first day I saw him even though I knew he was a Hebrew.  When I found out he liked me back I was elated.  Would my Dad allow me to marry this Hebrew?  I am happy to say he did.

We were married ten years before Mahlon got sick.  I kept wondering why I was not getting pregnant.  Orpah, my friend, married Kilion and they did not have any children either.  Both became sick.  Soon Kilion died and then Mahlon three weeks later.  We were devastated.   What would we do now?  I had not only fell in love with Mahlon, but I loved Naomi as well.  I also started to love the Hebrew God and realized my family’s gods were not real and had no power.

After a time of grieving Naomi decided to return home to Bethlehem.  She never really felt at home in Moab.  Orpah and I decided to go with Naomi.  However, when we got a day’s journey from our city Naomi told us to turn back.  Orpah said goodbye to Naomi and went back to her people.  I could not leave.  Instead I said

16 “Don’t urge me to leave you or to turn back from you. Where you go I will go, and where you stay I will stay. Your people will be my people and your God my God. 17Where you die I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord deal with me, be it ever so severely, if even death separates you and me.” 18When Naomi realized that Ruth was determined to go with her, she stopped urging her.

So, we walked all the way back to Bethlehem.  It was a long and tiring journey and neither of us knew what to expect when we returned.  On the way Naomi told me stories of Israel’s history.  I was amazed at their God.  Naomi also told me about many of their customs.  I was so happy I decided to go with Naomi.  When we arrived settled in Naomi’s old home, but we had no means to support ourselves.  One of the Hebrews’ customs was called gleaning.  It is a way the very poor could provide for themselves.  They go out into the fields behind the harvesters and glean anything that is missed.  I told Naomi I would go out and glean in the fields so at least we would have bread to eat.

The next day I happened to come to a field being harvested who belonged to a man named Boaz.  I asked what looked like the man in charge if I could glean the field behind his harvesters and to my surprise he said yes.  I was not sure I would be accepted because I wasn’t a Hebrew.  I went to work right away following behind and hoping no one would pay attention to me.  I was wrong, Boaz noticed me even before I noticed him.  Then I noticed Boaz talking to the overseer and I was afraid Boaz would ask me to leave.  Instead, Boaz said to me:

“My daughter, listen to me. Don’t go and glean in another field and don’t go away from here. Stay here with the women who work for me. 9Watch the field where the men are harvesting, and follow along after the women. I have told the men not to lay a hand on you. And whenever you are thirsty, go and get a drink from the water jars the men have filled.”

Wow, what a nice man, and good looking too.  He is a little older and probably does not think much about me being a foreigner.  I worked there the entire day and returned home to Naomi with plenty of barley to make bread and lots left over.  I would go back the next day and keep going because we will need grain for the winter. 

Naomi told me Boaz was a cousin of Ellimelech.  She then told me Boaz could be a kinsman-redeemer to me.  Naomi explained a kinsman-redeemer was a relative who could marry a childless widow to give the widow’s dead husband a son to carry on the dead husband’s name.  They could also buy any property of the widow’s husband to keep it in the family’s name.  Naomi explained Elimelech had mortgaged his property before they went to Moab.  A kinsman-redeemer could buy it back for my son, if I marry the kinsman-redeemer and have a son.  It is wonderful how God provides for the poor and widows.

For several days I went to glean.  I noticed the workers would leave extra for me and I wondered if they did it on purpose.  Each day I would notice Boaz coming to the fields and talking to the overseer.  Occasionally I would notice him looking my way, but I would look away if he caught my eye.  I do not want people gossiping about me.  Finally, the wheat harvest was coming to an end.

1One day Ruth’s mother-in-law Naomi said to her, “My daughter, I must find a home for you, where you will be well provided for. 2Now Boaz, with whose women you have worked, is a relative of ours. Tonight he will be winnowing barley on the threshing floor. 3Wash, put on perfume, and get dressed in your best clothes. Then go down to the threshing floor, but don’t let him know you are there until he has finished eating and drinking. 4When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

I was so scared to do this, but I knew Naomi knew what was best for us.  I did as she told me and went up to the threshing floor and hid while the men were eating and drinking.  Later they all laid down around the huge barn and I saw Boaz laying down by a pile of barley.  Soon it was quiet, so I crept up and carefully pulled Boaz’s mantel as I laid down at his feet.  I laid there quietly for a long time and I think I fell asleep.  Suddenly, I felt a foot touch my arm.  Boaz sat up and realized I was at his feet.

9“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.”

10“The Lord bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor. 11And now, my daughter, don’t be afraid. I will do for you all you ask. All the people of my town know that you are a woman of noble character. 12Although it is true that I am a guardian-redeemer of our family, there is another who is more closely related than I. 13Stay here for the night, and in the morning if he wants to do his duty as your guardian-redeemer, good; let him redeem you. But if he is not willing, as surely as the Lord lives I will do it. Lie here until morning.”

(The NIV uses the term guardian-redeemer. I use kinsman-redeemer. The book a Linage of Grace (below) uses relative-redeemer.)

He also said I should leave before anyone awoke so no one would know I was there.  He was protecting me from gossip.  When dawn was just started to break Boaz woke me up and said hand me your cloak.  He filled it some barley and told me to take it to Naomi.  He also said he would speak with the one who was a closer relative today.

I have been told Boaz asked the closer relative if he wanted to buy Naomi’s property.  At first the relative said yes but when Boaz said he would also have to marry me he said no.  I am relieved!  I don’t know who the relative is, but I know Boaz is a kind man.  I like him enough to marry him.  With time I am sure to love him.  I wonder how soon we will get married. 

Boaz came to our house later that day with the answer.  He said we are to be married right away that day.  He told me he would send clothes for the wedding along with things to adorn my hair.  He went home to prepare a feast in honor of our wedding.  It was a beautiful wedding and feast.  It turns out Boaz is a lot of fun and it was easy for me to relax with him. 

A year later I learned to love Boaz even more than my first husband.  He treats me like a queen.  I have borne a son.  We named him Obed. 

Lessons Learned from Ruth

I have read Ruth’s story in several versions of the Bible and in “a Lineage of Grace” by Francine Rivers.  A long time ago I heard an intern pastor preach on the book of Ruth and he turned it into a love story.  But what struck me the most about this love story from the intern pastor’s perspective was it was a type of Christ redeeming us from our poverty of this sin-filled world.  Yes, Christ came to give us new life.  Yes, we will have hardships, but we can have joy in those hardships because God is right there with us helping us learn from the hardships.

When I think of Ruth I immediately think of loyalty.  She was loyal to her first husband even though he died and did not give her any children.  And, she was loyal to Naomi all the way to the end.  I always want to be loyal even at times of hardship. 

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A Lineage of Grace By Francine Rivers / Tyndale House In this compilation of the five books of the best-selling Lineage of Grace series by Francine Rivers, we meet the five women whom God chose–Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba, and Mary. Each was faced with extraordinary–even scandalous–challenges. Each took great personal risk to fulfill her calling. Each was destined to play a key role in the lineage of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World.

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