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In Genesis, whenever a member of the covenantal family leaves his or her own space and enters the wider world of their contemporaries, they encounter a world of sexual free-for-all. One example is when Abraham goes to Gerar to escape famine. He fears he will be killed so that Abimelech can take his wife into his harem. <\/span><\/p>\n

Emunah<\/span><\/i>, the Hebrew word normally translated as faith, does not mean what it is taken to mean in English: a body of dogma, a set of principles, or a cluster of beliefs often held on non-rational grounds. <\/span>Emunah <\/span><\/i>means faithfulness, loyalty, fidelity, honoring your commitments, doing what you said you would do and acting in such a way as to inspire trust. It has to do with relationships, first and foremost with marriage. Genesis\u2019 argument against idolatry \u2013 all the more impressive for being told obliquely, through a series of stories and vignettes \u2013 is that it leads to a world in which the combination of unchecked sexual desire, the absence of a code of moral self-restraint, and the worship of power, leads eventually to violence and abuse. That domestic violence and abuse still exist today, even among religious Jews, is a disgrace and source of shame. <\/span><\/p>\n

Against this stands the testimony of Genesis that faithfulness to God means and demands faithfulness to our marriage partners. 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