Real Syntactic on Nostr: God’s banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden, understood of course as ...

God’s banishment of Adam and Eve from the Garden, understood of course as historical fact, was, Filmer argued, the first divine grant of kingship. Adam became a king and Eve his first subject (KJV, God to Eve: “thy desire shall be to thine husband and he shall rule over you.” The KJV makers chose the language of “rule” for a cynical Stuart-absolutist reason.) Cain and Abel and subsequent children would also be subjects, but their subjection would last only until they founded households. 4/x