In ‘Paradise to Prison’, Dr. Davis states that Eve will have “a deep natural attraction: to Adam.[1] Davis implies that the word is best translated as a physical and emotional desire. Verse 3:16 of Genesis is God telling Eve the consequences of her sin. The KJV reads: “Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.“ Different translations have translated the Hebrew here as “desire” differently. The NIV: “Your desire will be for your husband”, the NLV says, “desire to control”, the ISV: "since your trust is turning toward your husband”, the NET: “You will want to control your husband” The same word is used three times in the Old Testament.
Dr. Talbot interprets this verse to mean that”(Eve) was created to be a “help meet for him” (Gen 2:20), but now her role as his companion would be a submissive one.”[2] Talbot seems to imply that the desire is more for the position of authority of Adam, then a physical desire. She will certainly have physical and emotional desire for her husband, but those desires were already present prior to the sin. Dr. Sailhamer agrees and relates it to the pre fall marriage and the post fall marriage. Sailhamer calls the pre-fall marriage a “harmonious partnership” and the post-fall marriage will be tainted by the curse of the sin.[3]
I tend to agree more with Sailhamer and Talbot then Davis. I believe that the physical and emotional desire of a wife to her husband is a gift from God that has no relation to the fall. The woman’s desire will be her desire to control the man and her life but she will be submissive unto her husband.
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