Abstract
Sex and sexuality in the Bible is often either debated intensely or swept under die carpet in conservative scholarship and churches. When sex is debated, conservative scholarship has often tried to use the texts sexual in nature to demonstrate the positive nature of heterosexuality and die negative nature of
same sex relations, leading to homophobia. The writer argues that we need to look more closely at the texts that conservative scholarship identifies as acceptable sexual behavior. The most frequently cited argument for heterosexuality and positive sexual relations is the creation story in Genesis 2-4.1 In this exegesis, the writer argues this text does not affirm correct sexual behavior but presents a story of oppression through sexual abuse.