Ethical Sex In Genesis

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The purpose of sex as a means of procreation or pleasure, and appropriate sexual relationships are often seen as ethically controversial. There are many controversial accounts surrounding the subject of sex in the book of Genesis. Genesis explores situations from sex between man and wife, incest, homosexual relations, rape, extramarital affairs, and polygamy. Boundaries for what defines sexual conduct as good or right in the eyes of God often seem undefined and open for interpretation, and the consequences or lack there of for certain sexual encounters seem unfitting for the situation. To better understand the standards for ethical sex and its intentions in Genesis is important to begin with Adam and Eve.
In the first chapter of Genesis,