Noah and the Ark: Genesis 6-11

December 23, 2025.Reading time 72 minutes.

Shutdown and Sexual Trauma Prevention:

Genesis 6-11: Noah and The Ark

Abstract

Academicians, theologians, and local churches been unable to form healthy conversations to protect children and families from sexual trauma. This article proposes that one reason may be a neurological phenomenon called polyvagal shutdown. The snapshot of Noah and the Ark ending with the assault by his son Ham uses numerous literary devices to prevent shutdown. These literary devices: storytelling in the forest, euphemism, and metaphor assist by lowering anxiety to process sexual health and safety content for children. In order to restore these Biblical literary devices to prevent shutdown and increase learning, this article examines Biblical Hebrew meanings of terms in the Westminster Leningrad Codex, the most ancient complete Hebrew Old Testament, (WLC). A Key Vocabulary and Biblical Index of Sexual Health terms are included.

Introduction

After 40 years of educating faith-based families on health and safety, I believe the barrier to effective communication is neither cultural nor theological, but rather phenomenological. The reason for the absence of Biblical health and safety theory in academia, theology, and the local church very well may point to a phenomenon called trauma shutdown. This involuntary neurological process may be behind the reason academicians, theology scholastics, and pastors cannot meaningfully communicate the first Gospel message of the Bible, sexual health and safety for children. Well-intentioned Biblical language scholars experiencing shutdown of the polyvagal system mistranslated most sexual health passages in the Bible. This is not meant to blame academics, shutdown occurs as an automatic nervous system response. Please see the Key Vocabulary for full treatment of polyvagal shutdown. Much more quantitative research on shutdown and faith-based content is needed to test this hypothesis.

The book of Genesis is a masterclass on health and safety education. The Genesis author uses numerous techniques to lower anxiety, build trust, and prevent shutdown for parents and children. Some of the literary devices used are: storytelling in nature, repetition, metaphor, and euphemism.

The six days of Creation in Genesis 1 present like an artist showcasing chromatic storyboards for children. If parents use the forest as “container” for teaching children about health and safety, this too assists to prevent shutdown. Nature has intrinsic health benefits, including anxiety regulation. Please see Key Vocabulary for Nature Immersion and the Creation Walk. Chapter 2 then repeats these beautiful snapshots to reinforce the teaching objectives in age-appropriate ways.

Critics have taken pleasure in assuming the repetition of the creation story in chapter 2 was a failed attempt by multiple editors and authors of Genesis over 3500 years. The repetition of the chapter 2 creation account can also be viewed as a brilliant use of repetition for the teaching and learning of children ages 1-5. Specifically for small children, repetition emphasizes key ideas building emotional impact. By enhancing memory formation vast neural networks form making themes clearer and more powerful. Repetition helps children learn new words connecting key concepts. Dr. Susan Ledger states, “Repetition also aids learning from different perspectives and elements of the experience. https://www.firstfiveyears.org.au/early-learning/why-repetitive-reading-helps-your-child Metaphors using stunning chromatic images like the garden, tree of life, and the snake appropriately teach children ages 1-5 wiring trillions of neuroconnections daily. The flood and ark of Genesis 6-8 paint poignant pictures of God saving humankind. Chapter 9 and the snapshot of Noah’s intoxication with assault then uses euphemism for children ages 6-11 to prevent shutdown and ensure sexual safety.

Genesis chapters 6-11 feature the epic snapshot of Noah and the Ark. Again, this is an excellent treatment of a delicate sexual health subject, safety within families, using literary devices called metaphor and euphemism. The ark is a clear image of God’s love for the family. In addition to perhaps the most memorable snapshot in the Bible, the Genesis author uses euphemism to teach about sexual contact within families.This shutdown prevention device, defined as the exchange of a harsh term for a more gentle word, can decrease the triggering of shutdown by using kind, indirect language to reframe sensitive matters. This can help families to be more comfortable discussing delicate topics like sexual touch with family members. The technique, coined by Shea, sometimes called “shame attenuation,” allows for a less traumatic conversation of direct content. One example can be seen in Biblical sexual health narratives using the phrase, “uncovering the nakedness of”. (Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 23) Rather than the term for sexual contact between family members, the author of Genesis uses a softer nuance, perhaps for younger ears. Instead of the difficult term, incest, the Genesis author uses the phrase, “covering or uncovering the nakedness of” found in Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 23. This may help families lower potential threat in these conversations and increase learning. Please see Key Vocabulary and the Bible Index on Sexual Health terms for full treatment. https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.ajp.157.9.1535?mobileUi=0#:~:text=The second pillar, uncovering suicidal questions you ask.”

The Ark may be one of the most well-known and beloved snapshots of God redeeming humankind in the Bible. A benevolent Creator God knew before the foundations of the world that our children would need this health and safety content. The average age of the first-time porn viewer and victim of sexual abuse is 9 years old.

Decline From Intimacy with God

64H. Sexual Safety Decline, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490

Gen 6:1

When human beings began (chah-LAWL) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them….

The teaching learning theory of Genesis thus far looks like this: chapters 1-5 paint stunning images for small children about sexual health with kind, positive images. The decline of sexual safety begins in Genesis 6 with judgment for global sexual nihilism. Please see Key Vocabulary for full treatment of nihilism. Chapters 6-11 then assist children with boundaries for sexual health. This may be thought of as education about coercive sexuality and sexual contact within families. Chapters 1-5 teach foundational principles and chapters 6-11 frame boundaries preventing abuse.

The decline from sexual health and safety begins with the Hebrew word, chah-LAWL (Strong, h2490). This word, chah-LAWL, is at times an untranslatable “trigger word” indicating a decline in sexual health and safety throughout the Bible. Chah-LAWL means to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, to begin, to defile oneself sexually, to wound, to pierce. The majority of uses for the Hebrew word, chah-LAWL, connect to the decline of intimacy with God. It can mean “to begin”, but also appears as a term introducing the decline of sexual health and safety. Chah-LAWL as a word signaling decline to healthy sexuality, adds clarity to the flood snapshot of Genesis 6-9. Please see all the uses of chah-LAWL in the Biblical Index at 64H. Sexual Safety Decline, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490. Click on the scripture citation in parentheses and the Strong concordance number and you will be hyperlinked to the Blue Letter Bible for greater clarity and verification.

When human beings began(chah-LAWL) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and they married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not contend with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years.” (Genesis 6:1)

The passage does not make clear sense without the translation of chah-LAWL as decline of sexual health. Why would God lament the mortality of his finest creation and exterminate the human race without cause? The reason for global judgment? The loss of intimacy with God and decline to sexual violence.

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown. (Genesis 6:4)

This translation struggles. The term Nephilim, נְּפִלִים, pronounced nuh-fih-LEEM is a Hebrew word meaning “to fall upon, attack, bully, tyrant, or apostate”. (Strong, H5303) The Greek Old Testament text uses the term gigantes, γίγαντες, pronounced GEE-gan-tes. The gigantes were Greek mythological snake-footed giants. When the Hellenic heaven deity, Uranus, was butchered, the gigantes were born from his high velocity blood spatter. (Mussies, 2021). The most ancient Greek origin stories cite Uranus’ wife, Gaia, as his incestuous mother. Hesiod states in the Theogony that Gaia, the mother-wife of Uranus, coerced Cronus to castrate her husband/son for imprisoning her children. Cronus ambushed his father by violently castrating then throwing the gore into the sea. Aphrodite, goddess of love, lust, and reproduction, came forth from the bloody foam of Uranus’ amputated genitalia. (Hesiod Theogony). Perhaps the Greek translators purposely used the back story of the gigantes? Could it be that Uranus’ incestuous relationship with his mother adds depth to the sexual nihilism snapshot climaxing with the incestuous encounter of Ham and his mother?

The term in Genesis 6:4 for “went to the daughters of humans”, BO, always means coercive intercourse in Genesis. Please see Biblical Index for full treatment of BO. The translation, heroes, too is unfortunate and can also mean, “warrior tyrants”. An Arabic equivalent for heroes, _{جَبَّارً} , means one who acts proudly, magnifies himself, or an audacious bold-tyrant (Strong, H1368). Men of renown may not reflect the intention of the Genesis author, but rather may mean, “arrogant tyrants with infamously bad reputations.”

The Book of Enoch is a non-canonical ancient Near East text dating from 200 BCE to 100 AD which gives helpful insight into this text.

And it came to pass that the children of men had multiplied in those days and were born unto them beautiful and comely daughters. And the angels, the children of heav- en, saw and lusted after them, and said to one another: ‘Come, let us choose us wives from among the children of men and beget us children… ’ [They] took unto themselves wives, and each chose for himself one, and they began to go unto them and to defile themselves with them, and they taught tyrants… And there arose much godlessness, and they com- mitted fornication, and they were led astray, and became corrupt in all their ways (Enoch Book 6.1-2, Rogers, p. 24).

The NIV translation uses words like “going into”, “beautiful women”, and “marriage to heroes of renown”. These terms seem to craft a romantic narrative, perhaps? Enoch sets the tone for a more accurate translation based on context and language study. Enoch uses the words “lusted”, “defile”, “charms and enchantments” meaning perhaps the use of sorcery, “tyrants”, “godlessness”, “fornication”, and “corrupt”. These unhealthy sexuality descriptors are dramatically different than the NIV’s Hallmark romance movie rendition. Enoch’s translation aligns more closely with the Hebrew text.

The following reflection is a translation based on Hebrew textual analysis and the Enoch source. The alternate translation appears without italics so the reader can compare the (NIV) text with the proposed translation.

“When (sexual health and safety declined, chah-LAWL) among human beings on the earth and daughters were born to them, the sons of God saw that the daughters of humans were beautiful, and married any of them they chose. Then the Lord said, “My Spirit will not (fight) with humans forever, for they are mortal; their days will be a hundred and twenty years. (Sexual predators coerced) the daughters of humans and impregnated them. They were (arrogant tyrants with infamously bad reputations).” (Genesis 6:1-4)

The reader may note that chah-LAWL, decline to unhealthy sexuality, of verse one can connect to form an inclusio with verse four, “sexual predators coerced.”This proposed translation not only connects more closely to the version of Enoch but seems to make a coherent transition to the next section.

The Lord saw how great the (sexual nihilism, RA, רע) of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only (sexual violence, RA, רע) all the time. The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created—and with them the ` animals, the birds and the creatures that move along the ground—for I regret that I have made them.” But Noah found favor in the eyes of the Lord. (Genesis 6:5-8)

Sexual Nihilism, Evil

The cause for terminating the human race? Loss of spiritual intimacy leading to sexual nihilism. This decline of sexual health snapshot starting in Genesis 6:1-8 forms a thematic inclusio with the assault of Noah’s wife by her son Ham in Genesis 9:21-25. Sexual nihilism underlies the philosophy that sexuality has no values and nothing can be truthfully known or communicated. Nihilism connects with extreme pessimism and radical skepticism condemning existence. A sexual nihilist then may have no boundaries, no loyalties, no purpose, and present a “nothing matters” destructive pattern in sexual relationships (Pratt, 2021). Global sexual nihilism as sexual violence seems to be a more just judgment for the flood sequence of Genesis 6-9.

The word for wickedness and evil, RA, רע in Genesis 6:5 is the same word used in the Genesis creation snapshot of 2:17 (Strong, H7451). Evil, RA, in Genesis 2:17 forms the one boundary statement God draws for humankind, “You must not eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of God and Evil (RA) for when you eat from it you will certainly die.” The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, according to von Rad (1967), means omniscience, to be like God in knowledge. Perhaps another possible translation may be, “You must not exchange intimacy with coercion, for when you do, relationships certainly die.” What immediately follows this boundary is the coercive temptation of the snake against Adam and Eve in Genesis 3, Cain’s premeditated murder of his brother in Genesis 4, and the sexual assault snapshots of Genesis 6-9. Reverse engineer each of these events, and loss of intimacy with God began the movement from sexual health to nihilism and abuse. The idea of evil in the first 11 chapters of Genesis has a clear connection to coercion and loss of intimacy with God.

Covenant as Intimacy of Relationship

Chapters 9 and 10 end with the inclusio of the Noah snapshot. The ark builder and family survive the holocaust of flood.

Then Noah built an altar to the Lord and, taking some of all the clean animals and clean birds, he sacrificed burnt offerings on it. The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil (RA, רע) from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done. “God blessed Noah and his sons saying to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase, and fill the earth.’” (Genesis 8:20)

The Creator reconciles distance with humankind through the intimacy of forgiveness. This scene mirrors the covering of sexual shame in Genesis 3:21 where a sacrificial life is exchanged for the pain and trauma of unhealthy sexuality. The result? Forgiveness is granted and shame covered by the grace of benevolent Creator-God.

The repetition of the “be fruitful and increase” sexual health phrase of Genesis 8:20 mirrors the first blessing of God in Genesis for humans reconnecting to the big picture of sexual health. The word for covenant, meaning intimate relationship, buh-REETH, appears seven times in chapter 9. Seven is a perfect number in Hebrew numerology and the author may be emphasizing God’s comprehensive compassion toward humans. The Creator once again takes responsibility for the distance of humankind with the intimacy of reconciliation.

Immediately after the “be fruitful and increase” sexual health reconciliation snap shot, the story picks up the sexual abuse theme from the introduction of chapter 6. This forms a literary inclusio.

The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.) These were the three sons of Noah, and from them came the people who were scattered over the whole earth.

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their fa ther’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

When Noah awoke from his wine and found out what his youngest son had done to him, he said,

“Cursed be Canaan!
The lowest of slaves
will he be to his brothers.”

He also said,

“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Shem!
May Canaan be the slave of Shem.

May God extend Japheth’s territory;
may Japheth live in the tents of Shem,
and may Canaan be the slave of Japheth.”

After the flood Noah lived 350 years. 29 Noah lived a total of 950 years, and then he died. (Genesis 9:18-29)

So, English translators propose that God eternally cursed Canaan because his father, Ham, saw his nude grandfather, Noah, blacked out from a drunken binge-drinking bender. A more accurate version leans on another Hebrew literary device called euphemism. Today, incest is a difficult topic not spoken of lightly. So it was with the Biblical writers. In Leviticus 18 laws prohibiting sexual intercourse between family members appear. Each time the word for incest occurs, a Hebrew euphemism softens the conversation, perhaps protecting young ears. The words for incest are “to uncover the nakedness of” beginning with Leviticus 18:6. The literal translation of this Hebrew verse is “Oh man, oh man, do not come near to any of your blood relatives to uncover the nakedness, I am the Lord.”

The prohibitions which follow Leviticus 18:6 address uncovering the nakedness of or sexual contact with one’s mother, stepmother, sister, granddaughter, half-sister, aunt, uncle’s wife, daughter-in-law, and sister-in-law. Ham’s sexual assault of his biological mother seems to be a better explanation for the curse against the offspring of mother and son, Canaan. The territory belonging to Canaan, along with its inhabitants, will be a source of pain and conflict for the family of Israel throughout the Old Testament to the present. The negative undertone of the Land of Canaan may connect to the incestuous assault of Ham against his mother.

Genesis 6-10 ends with the genealogy of Noah, the ark maker’s family. The Noah snap shot transitions with reconciliation and reconnection to the big picture of sexual health in chapters 1-5. Noah’s family is blessed by God. The Creator repeats the command for human beings to be “fruitful and increase,” connecting with the opening passages of the Bible. Genesis 1-5 paints the picture for foundation of sexual health and Genesis 6-11 illustrates boundaries protecting families from abuse. Now humankind has awareness of not only the intimacy of sexual health from Genesis 1-5, but clarity on the decline to sexual trauma of Genesis 6-11. When humans move away from intimacy with God and one another, sexuality trends toward coercion, violence, and nihilism. When humans engage God intimately, sexual health appears spiritual, beautiful, balanced, pleasurable, compassionate, and reconciliatory.

The genius of the Genesis author can be seen in the incest snapshot of Ham and his mother. After Ham discloses the assault against their mother to his brothers, Shem and Japheth, the text states that,

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard. When he drank some of its wine, he became drunk and lay uncovered inside his tent. Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside. But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered their father’s naked body. Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

When the brothers took a garment and covered the nakedness of their father, they faced the other way so they would not see this tragic scene. The connection to Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 23 link the euphemistic nakedness of the father to incest prohibitions. However, the way in which this scene frames is remarkable.

In Genesis 9:23 the phrase “covering the nakedness” is used perhaps to show that Noah’s sons attempted to protect their mother and recover her from this sexual trauma while she and her husband lay intoxicated.

The phrase “covering the nakedness” is also used by the prophets Ezekiel and Hosea. Ezekiel speaks to the people of Israel about their relapse to unhealthy sexuality, specifically referencing Canaan, the incestuous offspring of Ham and his mother. Ezekiel paints vivid images of Israel’s neglect and abuse. Then, after Israel’s dehumanizing participation in sex trafficking, Ezekiel forecasts a benevolent Father-God will spread the corner of his garment over her and cover the abuse. This may mirror the covering of Adam and Eve’s shame of Genesis 3:21.

Eze 16:8

Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered (kah-SAH) your naked body (ehr-VAH). I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Hosea too cites this phrase, recovering unhealthy sexuality or covering the nakedness of. Israel normalized serial sex trafficking throughout its history. Hosea’s list of charges impresses: the dehumanizing gaze of a sex trafficker, adultery between breasts, compulsion for sex trade clientele obsessing over sex-service payment, immersion in the sexeconomy of Baal’s sacred sex trade, and loss of intimacy with God. The result of her addictive compulsions? The inability to recover from unhealthy sexuality:

Hos 2:9

“Therefore, I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

The covering of the naked body,(kah-SAH and ehr-VAH) carries the meaning of safety, protection, and recovery from abuse.

One of the first images of sexual trauma in Scripture is a euphemism highlighting the care and compassion of God for survivors of incest. Perhaps exchanging a traumatic erotic image with a gentler phrase like “recovering” prevents shutdown in parents and children?

Key Vocabulary

Euphemism: The term euphemism is composed of two Greek words, eu meaning well and pheme, meaning to speak. Euphemisms decrease trauma shutdown by using gentle, indirect language to reframe sensitive matters. This can help families to be more comfortable discussing delicate topics. The technique, sometimes called “shame attenuation,” allows for a less traumatic conversation of direct sexual content. One example can be seen in Biblical sexual health narratives using the phrase, “uncovering the nakedness of”. Rather than using the phrase, “sexual contact between family members,” the writer of Genesis uses a softer nuance, perhaps for younger ears. (Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 23) This may help families decrease potential shame in these conversations and increase learning.

How euphemisms decrease shame

Softens harsh realities: Euphemisms replace blunt words with gentler ones. For example, saying someone “passed away” instead of “died” reduces the immediate shock and discomfort.
Encourages truthfulness: By creating a less confrontational atmosphere, euphemisms can encourage a hesitant person to share the truth, such as using “missed work unexpectedly” instead of “called in sick” to ask about absenteeism. In the same way “uncover the nakedness of” is a euphemism lowering shame to prevent sexual contact within families.

Lev 18:3

You must not do as they do in Egypt (possible incest), where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

Lev 18:6

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations (uncover the nakedness of). I am the LORD.

Intimacy with God: The 7 intimacies of Creation are: Spiritual, beauty of the created order, rest, pleasure, compassionate presence, reconciliation, and sexually healthy intimacy. (Genesis 1-4) The insular cortex located in the pre frontal cortex is responsible for intimacy in relationships and associating people, places, things, sights, sounds, and smells. Intimacy is essential to bring a dissociated state to an associated state. We call this associated state, “online”.

Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk- Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk is an evidence-based therapeutic exercise founded on Scripture and the life of Christ.

Nature Immersion reflects a health and wellness initiative called Forest Bathing. Forest Therapy, founded by Amos Clifford, of the Association for Nature and Forest Therapy, is the next generation of this treatment. Nature Immersion builds upon this evidence-based research using Scripture and prayer for faith based participants.

Forest Therapy with its Biblically-based counterpart, Nature Immersion, features an age appropriate gentle wander connecting to the image of God in nature. Participants will find this powerful stress management down regulates anxiety establishing prayer with reflection as transformational Christian disciplines. Studies show neurological effects are not only immediate, but also endure from one to 30 days.

Today, Forest Bathing is embraced as a global disease-prevention phenomenon, with many organizations and practitioners offering guided experiences focusing on polyvagal sensory engagement within natural settings. This movement continues to highlight the importance of spending time in nature as a means to promote health and spiritual wholeness.

Over 2000 years ago, Jesus first modeled prayer and reflection in nature. Christ, baptized in the Jordan river by desert prophet, prayed and relied on Scripture while tested in the wilderness, transfigured on mountain summit, and then surrendered to divine will in an olive grove. Jesus then atoned for humankind’s sin by crucifixion on a tree. After three days, Christ rose from death in a garden for grieving loved ones. Do you see connections to the Genesis Creation and the life of Christ?

Scripture reflects the premier pleasure of God at Creation in the forest of Eden. The final scene in the Book of Revelation restores these same beautiful images to post-apocalypse survivors. The forests of Genesis and Revelation both border crystal waters healing humanity broken by trauma. Life-giving light radiates from the Creator of all things without whom only darkness reigns.

Could nature serve as a “container” for the God of Genesis to transform the human heart? In this place of Eden pleasure healing leaves sprout, nurtured by life-giving waters, birthed in light created from the heart of God. Does it seem intuitive that nature is the place where the Gospel was first declared to humankind?

Though the Bible does not teach that nature is deity, the forest does reflect the image of God. Could the Creator of Genesis and Book of Revelation reconnect the broken places of the heart within nature’s beauty?

The Holy Spirit connects to nature. The Spirit first appears in Genesis 1.1-2. The premier task…bring chaos-darkness to light. The beauty of this scene produces the forests to which is given the first commandment in Scripture, “sprout, grow, reproduce.… (Genesis 1:11)

What if the image of God within nature can assist to teach our children about health and safety? Is it possible to connect to the Spirit of God among healing leaves and forest splendor?

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.

Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. (Psalm 19:1-4)

Does the Creation still pour forth the speech of God? Do the works of God in nature continue to speak today without words? Could it be nature is the Bible’s container for the Gospel?

Nature as Container:

The Creation Walk is a “container” for sharing the Gospel of Health and Safety to Children. This gentle “wander” connects faith-based parents and children to the God of Creation through His Word. Nature Immersion’s evidence-based techniques lower anxiety allowing the spiritual center of the brain to “come online” providing optimal teaching and learning experience for children.

Shame Attenuation: Shawn Christopher Shea, M.D., first mentioned and developed the concept of shame attenuation.

Key details regarding this concept:

Origin: It was introduced in 1998 as a specific validity technique within the Chronological Assessment of Suicide Events (CASE Approach) to help clinicians sensitively raise taboo topics, such as suicidal ideation.
Definition: Shame attenuation involves phrasing narratives in a way that minimizes feelings of embarrassment, preventing autonomic shutdown.
Application: It is often paired with normalization to create a secure environment for disclosure.

Shea has extensively written about this, including in his book, The Practical Art of Suicide Assessment.

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Shutdown: PTSD literature has long identified the parasympathetic response to trauma called “shutdown”.

Porge uses the term polyvagal theory to describe this phenomenon in the human system.

Polyvagal shutdown is a state of prefrontal cortex disabling triggered by the dorsal vagal nerve when the body experiences real or perceived threat. This protective mechanism, acts as last resort when fight-or-flight responses are insufficient. It’s characterized by a drop in heart rate, respiration, low energy, dissociation, and feelings of disconnection or numbness.

Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, outlines a hierarchy of nervous system states:

Ventral Vagal State: .
This is a state of prefrontal cortex activity is characterized by calm, relaxed breathing, and a sense of connection to oneself and others.
Sympathetic State: .
The fight-or-flight response, triggers by perceived danger followed by increased heart rate, breathing, and alertness.
Dorsal Vagal State (Shutdown): .
When fight-or-flight is not possible, the dorsal vagal nerve activates, leading to shutdown or immobilization.

In dorsal vagal shutdown, the body conserves energy and reduces pain perception by:

Decreasing heart rate and breathing thus reducing the body’s metabolic demands.
Dissociation involves a feeling of detachment from the body or surroundings. When sexual trauma triggers shutdown, the brain is unable to process sexual health content.
Numbness and emotional detachment manifest as a lack of feeling or a sense of disconnection from awareness, compassion, and reason relating to sexual health content.
The body conserves energy by reducing activity levels with feelings of fatigue.
Digestive problems, nausea, or changes in pain perception may occur.

In this work the disabling of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in shutdown, prevents processing of sexual health content.

Biblical Index of Sexual Health and Safety Terms

1-2. Be Fruitful and Increase, pah-RAH rah-BAH (Gen 1:22) Strong, h6509 and h7235

The big picture of sexual health takes shape in Genesis 1-2. Unhealthy sexuality does not exist within these two chapters. All vocabulary and images paint a positive view of human sexuality. The education of little children begins with the sexual health-positive words, “be fruitful and increase” appearing seven times in the book of Genesis (Genesis 1:22, 28; 8:17; 9:1,7; 17:20; 35:11). Seven often occurs as a perfect or complete number in ancient literature, meant to reflect spiritual wholeness. The phrase “be fruitful and increase” first connects to sexually reproducing animals, then Adam and Eve’s family, Noah, and finally the family of Abraham to Joseph. No negative images connect to the “be fruitful and increase” sexual health statements throughout the Bible. This sexual health-positive phrase begins every intimate relationship, called covenant, God made with humankind. All covenants in the Book of Genesis begin with this benevolent mandate, “be fruitful and increase.”

Within Genesis 1-5 the “be fruitful and increase” phrase appears twice. Genesis 1:22 reveals the first declaration of God in the Bible blessing reproduction of the animal kingdom. The second blessing of God directs at humankind: “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it” (Genesis 1:28). The first blessing of God to humankind mandates sexual health. No unhealthy sexuality images appear in Genesis 1-2.

The Hebrew word, be fruitful, PRH, פָּרָה, pronounced pa-RAH, occurs 29 times in 28 verses in the Hebrew Old Testament (Strong, H6509). PRH means bearing fruit or offspring. RBH, ,רבה pronounced ra-BAH, meaning “increase,” appears 235 times in 215 verses in the Hebrew Old Testament (Strong, H7235). In the Old Testament, the sexual health-positive terms “be fruitful and increase” always mean producing offspring through sexual reproduction. No negative images connect to this phrase at any place in the Bible. Examples include: “God blessed them and said, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth,’” (Genesis 1:22) and “God blessed them and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground’” (Genesis 1:28).

Jeremiah and Ezekiel’s preaching spanned the catastrophic annihilation of Judah with exile to Babylon in the 6th to 7th centuries BCE. When these prophets preached of hope, their sermons touched the big picture of sexual health with the words “be fruitful and increase.”

New Testament

Thesexual health phrase appears once in the New Testament at Colossians 1:5-6. Paul the Apostle reflects with non-Jewish Christians, connecting the covenants of Genesis with the inclusion of non-Jewish peoples to Christianity.

Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel, which has come to you, as indeed in the whole world it is bearing fruit and increasing—as it also does among you, since the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth. (Colossians 1:5-6)

Gen 1:22

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Gen 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Gen 8:17

Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number on it.”

Gen 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the earth.

Gen 9:7

As for you, be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Appears in 15 verses of the WLC, including 10 exact phrases.

5H. Covenant, buh-REETH (Gen 6:18) Strong, h1285

A Biblical covenant is a sacred intimate relationship established by God with humankind, involving promises, obligations, and blessings. Covenant forms a central theme from Genesis to Revelation. Key examples include Noah and the promise of no more global disasters for sexual nihilism, Abraham and territory with identity, The Law of Moses qualifying the people of Israel, the dynastic rule of David, and the New Covenant of transformation through the atonement of Jesus Christ. These divine commitments, founded upon the Hebrew word, buh-REETH, frame God’s plan of sexual health, safety, and redemption, uniting people to Him through faith and intimate relationship through Jesus Christ.

Key Biblical Covenants

Noahic Covenant (Genesis 9): God promises all living creatures that He will never again destroy the earth by flood, symbolized by the rainbow.
Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12, 15): God promises Abraham land, numerous descendants, and that all peoples would be blessed through him.
Mosaic (Sinaitic) Covenant (Exodus 19-24): God gives the Law (including the Ten Commandments) to Israel, promising blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, making them His holy nation.
Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7): God promises David an eternal dynasty and a perpetual throne, fulfilled in Jesus, the ultimate Son of David.
New Covenant (Jeremiah 31, Luke 22): Established through Jesus Christ, offering forgiveness of sins, a renewed relationship, and an internal law written on the heart by the Spirit, including both Jews and Gentiles.

Types of Covenants

Unconditional: God promises to act without requiring specific human action (e.g., Noahic, Davidic, New Covenant).
Conditional: Requires human faithfulness and obedience to receive blessings (e.g., Mosaic Covenant).

Covenants reveal God’s image, unwavering commitment to the people He loves, and the continuity of His redemptive plan across history, climaxing with intimate relationship with God found in Jesus Christ through His Spirit.

Gen 6:18

But I will establish my covenant (buh-REETH) with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

Appearing 284 times in 264 WLC verses

5G. Covenant, dia-THEY-kay (Mat 26:28) Strong, g1242

Mat 26:28

This is my blood of the covenant (dia-THEY-kay), which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

Appearing 33 times in 30 verses of the GNT

Total 317 times in 294 verses of the WLC and GNT

64H. Sexual Safety Decline, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490

The decline from sexual health and safety begins with the Hebrew word, chah-LAWL (Strong, h2490). This term, chah-LAWL, can be an untranslatable “trigger word” indicating a decline in sexual health and safety throughout the Bible. Chah-LAWL means to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, to begin, to defile oneself sexually, to wound, to pierce. The majority of uses for the Hebrew word, chah-LAWL, connect to the decline of intimacy with God. It can mean “to begin”, but 20 of the 143 times within 132 verses of the WLC, itappears as a term triggering sexual health and safety decline. Chah-LAWL as a word signaling sexual nihilism adds clarity to the ark with flood snapshot of Genesis 6-9.

Gen 6:1

When human beings began (chah-LAWL) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Gen 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded (chah-LAWL) to plant a vineyard.

Gen 49:4

Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled (chah-LAWL) it.

Lev 18:21

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane (chah-LAWL) the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Lev 19:29

“ ‘Do not degrade (chah-LAWL) your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

Lev 20:3

I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned (chah-LAWL) my holy name.

Lev 21:4

He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile (chah-LAWL) himself.

Lev 21:9

“ ‘If a priest’s daughter defiles (chah-LAWL) herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Lev 21:15

so that he will not defile (chah-LAWL) his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

Num 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began (chah-LAWL) to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,

Deu 28:30

You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin (chah-LAWL) to enjoy its fruit.

Jdg 13:5

You will become (chah-LAWL) pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Jdg 16:19

After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began (chah-LAWL) to subdue him. And his strength left him.

1Ch 5:1

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled (chah-LAWL) his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,

Eze 20:24

…because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.

Eze 20:39

“ ‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane (chah-LAWL) my holy name with your gifts and idols.

Eze 22:8

You have despised my holy things and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths.

Eze 23:39

On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated (chah-LAWL) it. That is what they did in my house.

Eze 44:7

In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating (chah-LAWL) my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

Mal 2:11

Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated (chah-LAWL) the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

20 times in 20 WLC verses

64G. Sexual Safety Decline, bah-DEH-loog-ma (Mat 24:15) Strong, g946

Mat 24:15

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, (bah-DEH-loog-ma)’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

6 times in 6 GNT verses

65. Coercive Sexual Intercourse, BO (Gen 6:4) Strong, h935

BO is a flexible term with a wide range of meaning. Appearing 2,591 times in 2,306 verses of the WLC, BO is used for “going” in many different contexts. When used in sexual snapshots, BO always appears as coercive intercourse in the Book of Genesis.

Gen 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went (BO) to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Gen 16:4

He slept (BO) with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Gen 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in (BO) and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with (BO) his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Gen 38:16

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now (BO), let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with (BO) you?” she asked.

Appears 29 times in 29 WLC verses in sexual contexts

66. Sexual Nihilism, Evil, RA (Gen 6:5) Strong, h7451

Sexual nihilism is the philosophy that sexuality has no values and nothing can be truthfully known or communicated. Nihilism connects with extreme pessimism and radical skepticism condemning existence. A true nihilist believes in nothing, has no loyalties, and whose purpose and impulse is to destroy. Nihilism is associated with Friedrich Nietzsche who projected its destructive effects would undermine moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions thus creating the greatest crisis in human history. In the 20th century, nihilistic value destruction, and purposelessness have preoccupied arts and media. By the end of the 20th century, existential despair transitioned to indifference, as seen in increased suicide statistics across all age groups, school shootings without national prevention policies, and increasing opioid fatalities. A sexual nihilist would then have no sexual boundaries, no loyalties, no purpose, and present a destructive pattern in sexual relationships (Pratt, 2021).

Gen 6:5

The LORD saw how great the wickedness (RA) of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil (RA) all the time.

Gen 8:21

The LORD smelled the pleasing aroma and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground because of humans, even though every inclination of the human heart is evil (RA) from childhood. And never again will I destroy all living creatures, as I have done.

Gen 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked (RA) and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Gen 28:8

Esau then realized how displeasing (RA) the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

Gen 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked (RA) in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.

Deu 22:14

and slanders her and gives her a bad (RA) name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

Deu 22:19

They shall fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given an Israelite virgin a bad (RA) name. She shall continue to be his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.

Deu 22:21

…she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house and there the men of her town shall stone her to death. She has done an outrageous thing in Israel by being promiscuous while still in her father’s house. You must purge the evil (RA) from among you.

Deu 22:22

If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil (RA) from Israel.

Deu 22:24

…you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil (RA) from among you.

Jdg 3:7

The Israelites did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Jdg 10:6

Again the Israelites did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,

2Sa 12:11

“This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity (RA) on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.’”

1Ki 11:6

So Solomon did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.

2Ki 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

Jer 23:14

And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen something horrible: They commit adultery and live a lie. They strengthen the hands of evildoers (RA), so that not one of them turns from their wickedness. They are all like Sodom to me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”

Appearing 16 times in 16 WLC unhealthy sexuality verses

6-7. Recover Unhealthy Sexuality, kah-SAH ehr-VAH (Gen 9:23) h3680 and h6172

Perhaps one of the most beautiful images in Scripture reflecting the image of God in redemption is the phrase, kah-SAH ehr-VAH, recovering sexual trauma. Genesis 9:23 is a snapshot intended to protect children from sexual contact within families. After surviving global sexual nihilism, Noah and his family plant a vineyard. Perhaps as a teaching piece on intoxication and regulating sexual neuro pathways, the text states that Noah got drunk. The daughters of Lot would also intoxicate their father to commit incest with their unconscious parent. (Genesis 19:30-38) While passed out from a drunken bender, Ham, his son, sees the nakedness of his father. This phrase mirrors examct wording from Leviticus 18, prohibiting sexual contact within families. Leviticus 18 uses the phrase “uncovering the nakedness of” as a euphemism for incestuous sexual contact. In Genesis 9:23 the phrase “covering the nakedness” is used perhaps to show that Noah’s sons attempted to protect their mother and recover her from this sexual trauma while she and her husband lay intoxicated.

The phrase covering the nakedness of is also used in Ezekiel and Hosea. Ezekiel speaks to the people of Israel about their relapse to unhealthy sexuality, specifically referencing Canaan, the incestuous offspring of Ham and his mother. Ezekiel paints vivid images of Israel’s neglect and abuse. Then, after Israel’s willful participation in sex trafficking, a benevolent Father-God spreads the corner of his garment over her and covers the abuse. This may mirror the covering of Adam and Eve’s shame of Genesis 3:21.

Hosea too cites this phrase, recovering unhealthy sexuality or covering the nakedness of. Israel normalized sex trafficking numerous times throughout her history. Hosea’s menu impresses: the dehumanizing gaze of a sex trafficker, adultery between breasts, compulsion for sex trade clientele obsessing for their payment of services, immersion in the religious sexeconomy of Baal’s sacred sex trade, and loss of intimacy with God. The results of her addictive compulsions, the inability to recover from unhealthy sexuality:

Hos 2:9

“Therefore, I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

The covering of the naked body,(kah-SAH and ehr-VAH) carries the meaning of safety, protection, and recovery from abuse.

One of the first images of sexual abuse in Scripture is a euphemism highlighting the care and compassion of God for survivors of incest. Perhaps exchanging a traumatic erotic image with a gentler phrase like “recovering” prevents shutdown in parents and children?

Gen 9:23

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered (kah-SAH) their father’s naked body (ehr-VAH). Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

Eze 16:8

Hos 2:9

“Therefore, I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

3 times in 3 WLC verses

Training Day Evergreen Bible Church

December 12, 2025.Reading time 159 minutes.

Training Day at Evergreen Bible Church:

Age Appropriate Sexual Health and Safety Education

Contents

Introduction………………………………………………………………………………2-3

Genesis 1-5

Ages 1-5………………………………………………………………….………………4-5

Genesis 6-11

Ages 6-11…………………………………………………………………….…………..6-8

Genesis 12-50

Ages 12-18……………………………………………………………………………….9-19

Key Vocabulary…………………………………………………………………………20-40

Biblical Index of Sexual Health and Safety Terms……………………………………..41-70

Introduction

Welcome to Training Day at Evergreen Bible Church. This workshop focuses on age-appropriate health and safety content for children ages 1-18. Three developmental stages are covered: ages 1-5, 6-11, and 12-18. The life and ethics of Christ as reflected in the Book of Genesis, is the foundation for this work. Genesis 1-5 provides content for teaching young children about the goodness of God in Creation and human sexuality. Chapters 6-11 address health and safety for pre-teens, and Genesis 12-50 educates adolescent children on comprehensive sexual health topics, preparing them for covenantal marriage.

My passion is to present a Biblical Christlike conversation to assist parents. As a Christian sex therapist, I neither prescribe sexual behaviors nor promote sexual politics. The Bible mandates 7 times that parents are the primary teachers for their children, not institutional professionals. The following Scriptures specifically direct parents to educate their children. Hover your cursor over these references and you will be directed to the Blue Letter Bible for deeper study. (Deuteronomy 4:9-10; 6:4-10; 11:19; Psalm 34:11; 78:5-6) My dream is to help restore this beautiful and sacred responsibility to parents.

Each age-appropriate term we examine connects to a Biblical Sexual Health Index I created for richer study and reflection. If you enjoy the Biblical languages of Hebrew and Greek, you can access these tools with the index linking to the Blue Letter Bible. For example:

3H. Parental Affection, Sexual Connection, dah-BACH (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1692

“3H” is the index number showing the third health positive term in Genesis. “H” stands for the Hebrew language. The definition follows next, “parental affection or sexual connection”. The Hebrew pronunciation, dah-BACH, emphasizes the second syllable, BACH, which sounds like the last name of the great composer, Johann Sebastian BACH. Hover your cursor over (Genesis 2:24), and a hyperlink takes you to the Blue Letter Bible so you can study this verse in context. Hover over the concordance number, Strong, h1692, and you will connect to exhaustive definitions from multiple sources. And if you are passionate, you can examine every passage in the entire Bible where the word, parental affection or sexual connection, occurs using the Blue Letter Bible.

The Hebrew word for parental affection also appears in the New Testament.

3G. Parental Affection, Sexual Connection, kah-LA-oh (Mat 19:5) Strong, g2853

“3G” identifies this as the New Testament Greek term for the Hebrew counterpart, “3H” dah-BACH. The Greek word is pronounced with the emphasis on the “LA”, kah-LA-oh. Hover your cursor over the Scripture or the concordance number Strong, g2853, and you will be directed to the Blue Letter Bible.

All citations come from the New International Version. WLC is the abbreviation for the Westminster Leningrad Codex, the oldest and most complete scholarly Hebrew Bible. GNT stands for the Greek Morphological New Testament. Both of these texts are standards in advanced studies.

In addition, you will find a Key Vocabulary with current neuroscience to understand the developmental processes of your children as you teach them about sexual health and safety. As an application, I will show you how to enjoy this content through Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk. This evidence-based discipline is the most pleasurable practice I have ever known. You may enjoy taking your family into the forest or on the beach to illustrate these great Biblical health and safety truths.

Finally, I believe a benevolent Father-God inspired the Bible through His Spirit, without error in the original texts, authoritative for all matters of life, and incapable of failing our families. My dream is to give to the next generation a Godly-sane vision of the first theology of Scripture: the goodness and beauty of creation with sexual health, and safety for our children. What if, Scripture and the life of Jesus become the primary sexual health educator for our children rather than the pornography industry? I believe this is possible in our lifetime. I pray you will join me.

The Author

Rev. Dr. Glen Maiden is a 40-year pastor and sexual health educator serving interdenominational Bible believing churches. Dr. Glen planted a church in the Pine Street Drug Corridor of western Michigan, pastoring and counseling addicts and trauma survivors for 12 years. He studied Bible, Greek, and Hebrew at Asbury University, ground zero for the 1971 and 2023 revivals. Glen received a Master of Theological Studies with dual majors in New Testament and Christian Education from Grand Rapids Theological Seminary. He completed a Doctor of Ministry at Western Theological Seminary in Holland, Michigan, focusing on the treatment of addiction and trauma in the church. Glen earned a PhD in Clinical Sexology from the International Institute of Clinical Sexology in Miami, Florida. This doctoral project focused on the Book of Genesis as an age-appropriate sexual health primer for faith-based families. He holds certifications in sex addiction and multi-addiction therapy through the International Institute of Trauma and Addiction Professionals. Glen is a board-certified Christian Sex Therapist through the Therapist Certification Association, and is a certified Forest Therapy Guide by the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy. Dr. Glen has full Washington State Department of Health licensure as a Mental Health Counselor.

Jesus and the Book of Genesis on Health and Safety for Children

Mat 18:1

At that time, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”He called a little child to him and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

Between the ages of 0-5, children neurologically wire to form attachments, express emotions, and interact with others. This wiring sprouts 1million new connections a second, 60 million a minute, or 86.4 trillion new connections a day. How humans connect relationally and affectionately begins in the first five years. Based on parental care, these styles of connecting shape the brain, forming the neural architecture for future romantic relationships. During this developmental stage, children can be taught healthy affection, that God created the human body without shame, and anatomically correct terminology.

One barrier to communicating sexual health and safety content:_____________________

Treating Shutdown: ______________ shame for both parents and the child.

Teaching Health and Safety to Children Ages 1-5

Health Terms in Genesis 1-5

1-2. Be Fruitful and _____________, pah-RAH rah-BAH (Gen 1:22) Strong, h6509 and h7235

3H. Parental Affection, dah-BACH (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1692

4H._______________, yah-DAH (Gen 4:1) Strong, h3045

Reproductive Terms Genesis 1-5

39H. Ontological______________, Genital Tissue, bah-SAR (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1320

40H. Naked, ah-ROME and ahr-VAH (Gen 2:25 and Gen 9:22) Strong, h6174 and Strong, h6172

41H. Seed,_____________, zeh-RAH (Gen 1:11) Strong, h2232

43. Conception, Childbirth, heh-ray-YOWN (Gen 3:16) Strong, h2032

46H._____________________, YEH-led (Gen 3:16) Strong, h3205

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms Genesis 1-5

Z _ _ _

Teaching and Learning Using Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk

Pine Cones:

Moss:

Mushrooms:

Animals: Fish, Frogs, Squirrels

Sexual Health Positive Terms in Genesis 6-11

Children between the ages of 6 and 11 show remarkable development in spiritual, physical, cognitive, social, and emotional areas, becoming more coordinated and active while developing logical thinking and problem-solving skills. 18 months after a child needs deodorant for body odor, they will most likely go through puberty. They increasingly rely on peer relationships, learn to understand others’ perspectives, and develop a greater sense of spirituality and morality. The average age of child sexual abuse and first-time use of pornography is 9 years of age. It is essential that children understand appropriate boundaries for touch before this era with internet safety protocols. The Noah and the Ark snapshot can be helpful to teach both the redemption of God and protect children from abuse.

5H.________________, buh-REETH (Gen 6:18) Strong, h1285

Gen 6:18

But I will establish my covenant (buh-REETH) with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

5G. Covenant, dia-THEY-kay (Mat 26:28) Strong, g1242

Mat 26:28

This is my blood of the covenant (dia-THEY-kay), which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

6-7. _____________ Unhealthy Sexuality, kah-SAH ahr-VAH (Gen 9:23) h3680 and h6172

Gen 9:23

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered (kah-SAH) their father’s naked body (ahr-VAH). Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

64H. Sexual Safety ____________, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490

Gen 6:1

When human beings began (chah-LAWL, sexual safety decline) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

64G. Sexual Safety Decline, bah-DEH-loog-ma (Mat 24:15) Strong, g946

Mat 24:15

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, (bah-DEH-loog-ma)’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

65. Coercive Sexual Intercourse, BO (Gen 6:4) Strong, h935

Gen 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went (BO) to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

66. Sexual Nihilism, Evil, RA (Gen 6:5) Strong, h7451

Gen 6:5

The LORD saw how great the wickedness (RA) of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil (RA) all the time.

Teaching and Learning Using Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk

In the forest or on the beach, can you make a twig raft and place created beings on the “ark”? Tell the story of how the world became unhealthy and humans were hurting each other? God saved Noah’s family with the animals. Then can you link the intoxication of Noah with unhealthy sexuality and inappropriate touching? Perhaps, you can help your children with boundaries about touching the private parts of others, specifically family members? You may use the video of Tubseday, the Native American girl, to define outside parts, inside parts, and private parts.

Click on this link to view Tubseday (TUBE-seh-day), The Native American girl, teaching children about consent.

https://hopegatheringofchrist.subspla.sh/4ppr6tf

The making of a raft with created beings and water play can assist to decrease anxiety for a child so she can hear the boundaries of “not touching the private parts” of family members. If the conversation becomes awkward, resume the water play.

Click on the link below to view how to make a stick raft.

Health and Safety for Children Ages 12-18

Genesis 12-50

Adolescents aged 12-18 experience the greatest sexual wiring in life. Testosterone and estrogen neuropathways contribute to the most powerful network in the human body, the sexual system. This wiring impacts spiritual, cognitive, social, and physical domains. Much of the wiring of adolescence is called pruning, disconnecting wiring no longer used from childhood. Key traits include the ability to think about their own spirituality, long-term goals, increased self-consciousness, emotional and sexual regulation. This period involves forming a personal spiritual identity and navigating a shift in priorities from family to God and peers. Benevolent Creator has shaped our children to begin “leaving their parents and cleaving” to a lifetime partner”.

5 Neuropathways of the Sexual System

Prefrontal Cortex: Spirituality, reason, compassion, awareness, regulation

Dopamine: Attraction, fear, repulsion, and reward networks

Oxytocin/Vasopressin: Bonding, and long term relationship networks

Hormone:Testosterone and Estrogen

Adrenaline: Orgasm and ejaculatory inevitability

Health Positive Terms

7H. Bridegroom, chah-THAWN (Gen 19:12) Strong, h2860

Gen 19:12

The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law (chah-THAWN), sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

8. Genital Sexual Intercourse, Kah-RAV (Gen 20:4) Strong, h7126

Gen 20:4

Now Abimelek had not gone near (kah-RAV) her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

9H.Virgin, buh-TWO-lah (Gen 24:16) Strong, h1330

Gen 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin (buh-TWO-lah); no man had ever slept (yah-DAH, sexual intimacy) with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

9G. Virgin, par-THEN-os (Mat 1:23) Strong, g3933

Mat 1:23

“The virgin (par-THEN-os) will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

10. Fall in Love, Lover, ah-HAWV (Gen 24:67) Strong, h157

Gen 24:67

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved (ah-HAWV) her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

11. ______________ to Intercourse, yih-TSACH (Gen 26:8) Strong, h6711

Gen 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek, king of the Philistines, looked down from a window and saw Isaac (yih-TSACH) caressing (yih-TSACH) his wife Rebekah.

12H. Kiss, nah-SHAWK (Gen 27:26) Strong, h5401

Gen 27:26

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss (nah-SHAWK) me.”

13. Mandrakes, doo-DAI: (Gen 30:14) Strong, h1736

Gen 30:14

During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes (doo-DAI) plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI) too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” So he slept with her that night. God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.

14. Fall in Love, chah-SHAWK (Gen 34:8) Strong, h2836

Gen 34:8

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on (chah-SHAWK) your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

15. ___________/Intersex Traits, sah-REECE (Gen 37:36) Strong, h5631, g2135

Gen 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials (sah-REECE, eunuch), the captain of the guard.

Reproductive Terms Genesis 12-50

49H. Infertile, ah-KAR (Gen 11:30) Strong, h6135

Gen 11:30

Now Sarai was childless (ah-KAR) because she was not able to conceive.

50H.______________, MOOL (Gen 17:10) Strong, h4135

Gen 17:10

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised (MOOL).

53. Midwife, YEH-led (Gen 35:17) Strong, h3205

Gen 35:17

And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife (YEH-led) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

54. Breast, SHAWD (Gen 49:25) Strong, h7699

Gen 49:25

…because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast (SHAWD) and womb.

55._______________, ahr-LAH (Gen 17:11) Strong, h6190

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of your foreskin (ahr-LAH), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

56. Menstruation: The Way of___________, DEH-rek nah-SHEEM (Gen 31:35) Strong, h1870 and h802

Gen 31:35

Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period (DEH-rek nah-SHEEM).” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

57. Coitus Interruptus, birth control, shah-CHAWT (Gen 38:9) Strong, h7843

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled (shah-CHAWT) his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

Genesis 12-50

67. Sexually Transmitted _______________, neh-GAH (Gen 12:17) Strong, h5060

Gen 12:17

But the LORD inflicted serious diseases (neh-GAH) on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

68. Sodom, (Gen 13:13) Strong, h5467

Gen 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

69. ________________ Intercourse, shah-CAWV (Gen 19:32) Strong, h7901

Gen 19:32

Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep (shah-CAWV) with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

70-71. Rape, shah-KAWV ah-NAH (Gen 34:2) Strong, h7901 and h6031

Gen 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped (shah-KAWV ah-NAH) her.

72H. Sacred or Secular Sex_______________, zah-NAH (Gen 34:31) Strong, h2181

Gen 34:31

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute (zah-NAH, sex trafficked female)?”

72G. Sacred Sex Trafficking, par-NAY-ah (Mat 5:32) Strong, g4202, g4203, g4204, g4205

Mat 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality (par-NAY-ah, sex trafficking), makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

73. Sacred Sex Trafficked Female and Sacred Sex Trafficked Male, kah-day-SHAW, kah-DEISH (Gen 38:21) Strong, h6948 and h6945

Gen 38:21

He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW, sacred sex trafficked female )who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW, sacred sex trafficked female) here,” they said.

Gen 38:22

So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW, sacred sex trafficked female) here.’ ”

Teaching Children Ages 12-18

Sexual Neutrality without Negativity

Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife

What do we teach our beautiful adolescents about health and safety during the most profound sexual wiring of their lives? The main focus of this era removes barriers to educating our children about sexuality. We can do this by using the Genesis 12-50 health and safety content. The specific application piece is called, sexual neutrality without sex negativity.

Sexual neutrality is a state of health and wholeness without intercourse or sex negativity. Jesus modeled this great truth.

The foundation of our work relies on the person and work of Jesus based on Scripture. Jesus practiced sexual neutrality with his first-century followers. At the same time, Jesus was single and celibate, he affirmed the Gospel of Health and Safety in Genesis.

Matthew 19:4-6

“Haven’t you read,” he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator made them ‘male and female,’and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united (Sexual Connection, kah-LA-oh, Strong, g2853) to his wife, and the two will become one flesh (Genital Tissue, The Human Body, SARKS, Strong, g4561).’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh (Strong, g4561). Therefore, what God has joined (yoke together, Strong, g4801) together, let no one separate.”

Jesus quotes the Book of Genesis using sexual-health positive terms. Please see the Biblical Index for a fuller treatment. (3H and 3G, 39H and 39G)

Christ affirmed the marriage covenant, spoke positively about sexual intercourse as ontological oneness and at the same time practiced sexual neutrality with the men and women who followed him. His first miracle was performed while celebrating the image of God in marriage at Cana of Galilee. (John 2) Without condemnation, Jesus, the author of human sexuality, educated the early church on health and safety. The teachings of Christ changed history. (Matthew 5-7, John 4, and John 7-8)

Then Jesus speaks to sexual neutrality in Matthew 19.

The disciples said to him, “If this is the situation between a husband and wife, it is better not to marry.”

Jesus replied, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only those to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born that way, and there are eunuchs who have been made eunuchs by others—and there are those who choose to live like eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them. But the disciples rebuked them. (Matthew 19:10-13)

After Jesus affirms the sexual health positive message of Genesis, he states, “Not everyone can accept this word, but only to whom it has been given…there are those who choose to live like eunuchs (without genital sexual intercourse) for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.”

Christ casts a vision of intimacy with God and one another. First, Jesus affirms sexual intimacy in the marriage covenant with God. Second, he states that sexual neutrality for the sake of the Kingdom of heaven/God is an acceptable practice as well. Both states are founded on the awareness to “see” God and the people we love. Many are called by God to prepare the bride of Christ for the King without intercourse or abuse. Perhaps this may be the teaching point for our adolescents? In this season before covenant marriage, could the calling of our children be the intimacy of sexual neutrality? Our focus in adolescence then becomes the teaching of the 7 intimacies of Genesis 1-4: the spirituality of beauty, self-regulation, healthy pleasure, compassionate presence, relational wholeness, and sexual intimacy within lifetime covenant. Can this be communicated without sex negativity?

Finally, Jesus closes this section by once again elevating the value of children, “Then people brought little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them and pray for them.” (Matthew 19:13)

The primary sexual neuro pathway is the prefrontal cortex (PFC). Sexual neutrality proposes that an adolescent can have sexual sensations, including attraction and desire, without genital sexual intercourse. The PFC can be non-condemning of sexual feelings, and at the same time, compassionate for others, and aware that intimacy, not intercourse, is the greatest value in life. For the adolescent, sexual feelings reflect the image of God, and intimacy with God and others can be a Christian’s greatest passion. Teaching our children sexual neutrality without negativity as opposed to immediate gratification may be one of the greatest gifts we give them.

The snap shot of Joseph in Egypt is one example of sexual neutrality in the Bible. Joseph displays a connection with God that allows him to choose intimacy rather than immediacy of intercourse.

Joseph, single and celibate, faces the greatest sexual challenge of his young adulthood…seduction by his employer’s wife. Potiphar’s unnamed marriage partner pursues Joseph for taboo adulterous sex. Joseph resists the advances of the executioner’s wife. In this Scriptural piece, note that the word for intercourse is not the sexual intimacy term of Genesis 4:1, yah-DAH, but rather shah-KAWV which always means unhealthy coercive-sex in Genesis.

After a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed (shah-KAWV) with me.” But he refused. “With me in charge,” he told her, “my master does not concern himself with anything in the house; and everything he owns he has entrusted to my care. No one is greater in this house than I am. My master has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. How then could I do such a wicked (RA, sexual nihilism) thing and sin against God.” (Genesis 39:7-9)

After serial sexual harassment, the boss’s wife attempts to rape Joseph in a scene of erotic rage. He flees, leaving his coat as circumstantial evidence. Potiphar, executioner for the king, commutes the death sentence and imprisons the falsely accused Joseph. The text states that, “while Joseph was in prison, the Lord was with him; he showed him kindness and granted him favor in the eyes of the prison warden” (Genesis 39:20-21).

Joseph regulated sexual neural pathways with intimacy. He affirmed the trust of his employer, and appealed to intimacy with God. The snapshot transitions to the compassionate presence of God with Joseph in prison. He regulated sexual sensations with gratitude for his employer, and intimacy with God, both PFC functions. Some neuroscientists agree with the ability of the PFC to regulate. Please see the Key Vocabulary definition for “Sexual Neutrality”.

“Neuroscientists like Schore (1999), have reflected on the ability of PFC to regulate affect and sexual neural pathways. This sexual neutrality through PFC regulation can be seen in the Joseph sexual harassment snapshot. The PFC regulatory mechanism Joseph accessed appears to be spiritual intimacy with God and empathy for his employer, Potiphar.”-Glen Maiden

Now, let’s look at how we can apply this to the children we love.

There are 7 intimacies in Genesis 1-4. Rather than sex negative conversations with our children, it is possible to educate them about intimacy with God and one another without intercourse in healthy sexual health-positive ways.

Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk is the most beautiful practice I have ever known to connect with the Creator God and teach children about intimacy with Christ in nature. What this means is that as parents we can focus on the Spirit in nature’s beauty, regulation of sexual neuro pathways, healthy pleasure, compassionate presence, relational wholeness with reconcilition, and sexual neutrality as preparation for intercourse in covenantal marriage. Following is an example of the Nature Immersion: Creation Walk in nature.

Spirit: What do you notice about the wind? On your skin? Beneath your clothes?As you breathe in, what do you smell? What taste do you notice in your mouth?

Gen 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Beauty: What light do you see far away? What light do you notice nearest you?

Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Pleasure: Take pleasure in a created being around you. What is the texture and smell?

Gen 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden (Pleasure); and there he put the man he had formed.

Rest: What do you see moving furthest from you? What do you notice moving nearest you? What do you sense about your body? What do you notice about the tightness in your body? Do you sense your feet touching the ground? Do you feel gravity? What do you notice about the alignment of your hips, your spine, your neck?

Gen 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Compassionate Presence: If a benevolent God made nature for you by His Word, what message do you notice He might be speaking to you personally?

Gen 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Reconciliation: What do you notice about connection with the Creation? Do you sense wholeness and reconciliation?

Gen 3:21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them.

Creation: Do you see any created beings/non-artificial that touch your heart? What gratitude do you feel for The Creation? Can you collect as many as you want and share at communion?

At the end of the Creation Walk, we receive communion and talk about what we noticed on the Immersion, and what gratitude we see. Can you share the created beings you collected and perhaps make an art project?

Key Vocabulary

Child Development Ages 0-18

Ages 0-5

The first five years are a critical period for child development, characterized by rapid brain growth where up to 90% of brain development occurs by age five. 75% of children die if they do not have good enough care in these years. During this time, children form key neural connections through their experiences, which lay the foundation for future learning, health, and behavior. Key areas of development include brain development, physical and motor skills, and social-emotional and cognitive abilities.

Key developmental areas

Brain Development: The brain develops faster than at any other time in life, forming over one million new neural connections every second. These connections are built through experiences like positive interactions with caregivers and exploring the world through senses. Seeing parents show healthy affection (dah-BACH) can literally shape the brain with trillions of connections for sexual health processing later in life.

Cognitive Development: This area involves learning, problem-solving, and memory. Children develop through identifying objects, following simple directions, and engaging in imaginative play. Learning anatomically accurate words is appropriate and can assist later in reporting abuse.

Spirtual and Social Development: Children learn to form attachments, express emotions, and interact with others. They develop skills like mirroring parents praying, smiling, and eventually learn to play cooperatively, and use words to express feelings. How an adult connects relationally and romantically begins in the first five years of life. Her brain shape can be secure in relationships, preoccupied, or fearful/avoidant. Dismissive means that I want you, but I may push you away. These styles of connecting are formed in the brain before the age of 5 and form the neural architecture of relationships.

Provide a healthy environment where appropriate touch is non-threatening, affection is welcome, and the human body is treated with respect and honor. A child’s experiences during these years are crucial for shaping their future sexual health behaviors.

Engage in positive interactions: Talk, sing, and read to your child the first 5 chapters of Genesis to build connections and encourage language development about essential Biblical themes.

Respond to their needs: Providing warm and dependable adult interactions is vital for building a secure foundation. One aspect of sex addiction in North America is that addicts report they grew up in deprivation households. They were never taught how to care for the image of God in them or show compassion by expressing valid needs.

Encourage play: Play is a primary way children learn and develop social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Using Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk can be an excellent method of teaching children about creation in an enjoyable non-shaming way.

Ages 6-11

Children between the ages of 6 and 11 show significant development in physical, cognitive, social, and emotional areas, becoming more coordinated and active while developing logical thinking and problem-solving skills. 18 months after a child needs deodorant for body odor, they will most likely go through puberty. They increasingly rely on peer relationships, learn to understand others’ perspectives, and develop a greater sense of self and morality. Emotionally, they manage feelings better than in earlier years, although they can still experience jealousy and mood swings. The average age of child sexual abuse is 9 years of age. It is essential children understand appropriate touch and boundaries before age 9.

Physical development

Motor skills: Greater strength and coordination allow for more complex activities like dancing, playing a musical instrument, or riding a bike. They develop finer motor skills for tasks like tying shoelaces and using tools.
Physical activity: They have high energy levels and enjoy active play, team sports, and using their bodies for creative expression, like drawing or painting.

Spiritual development

Children can pray and help read Scripture at meals.

Thinking skills: They move from magical to concrete logical thinking, allowing them to solve problems, understand concepts like time and fractions, and grasp that objects can be categorized. Children can be taught how to regulate their emotions. This is essential foundation for regulating sexual neuro pathways in adolescence.
Problem-solving and memory: They improve their ability to focus, organize, and plan ahead. They can also remember information for longer periods and use strategies to help them learn.
Language: Their speech is nearly adult-level, and they can read and understand more complex sentences. They read for pleasure and to learn new things.
Curiosity and questioning: They ask “why and where do babies come from”, question things they don’t understand, and seek justifications for how things are. This is an excellent time to talk through the non-shaming images and terms of Genesis 1-5. Reading through the Noah snap shot on sexual safety is also appropriate.

Social development

Friendships: Friends become increasingly important, and they may have several close friends, often playing with same-gender groups.
Social skills: They learn to cooperate and share, but also experience jealousy. They become more aware of social group dynamics and may use language to include or exclude others.
Role models: They admire and imitate older youth and adults, sometimes questioning authority as they get older.

Emotional development

Self-Regulation: They are better at managing emotions like anger than before, though temper tantrums can still occur. Teaching children how to regulate their anxiety with emotions can assist in regulating sexual neural pathways during puberty.
Empathy: They develop a stronger sense of empathy and can better understand and consider the feelings of others. Introd
Decreasing Shame: They are developing a sense of body image and can be sensitive about being compared to peers. When sexual health and safety are spoken of, it is important to do so without shame.
Values: They begin to develop their own set of sexual health values and a personal worldview, understanding concepts like fairness and sexual mores.

Ages 12-18

Adolescents aged 12-18 experience the most profound sexual system wiring of their lives. Testosterone, estrogen, dopamine, peptides, and adrenaline neuropathways form the most powerful network in the human body. This wiring impacts cognitive, spiritual, and physical domains, including sexual behaviors, abstract thinking, a stronger reliance on peer groups, and physical maturation through puberty. Key traits include the ability to think about spirituality and long-term goals, increased self-consciousness with emotional and sexual regulation, and physical changes like growth and the development of secondary sexual characteristics. This period involves forming a personal spiritual identity and navigating a shift in priorities from family to peers. God has shaped our children to begin “leaving their parents and cleaving to a lifetime partner”.

Cognitive development

Abstract thinking: The ability to think about abstract concepts, such as spirituality, the Bible, philosophy, politics, and sexuality, develops significantly.
Long-term planning: Adolescents begin to set long-term goals and think about their future.
Reasoning and debate: They can reason from general principles and start to form their own ideas, question authority, and debate different points of view.
Self-awareness: They become more aware of their own thought processes and become more self-conscious.

Social and emotional development

Independence: A strong drive for independence emerges, with adolescents often turning to friends for support rather than parents.
Peer relationships: Fitting in with a chosen peer group becomes a major focus, influencing spiritual values, interests, sexuality, and appearance.
Identity formation: They begin to form their own spiritual identity, which can involve questioning old values and exploring new roles and interests.
Emotional swings: They may experience strong emotional swings, increased self-consciousness, and moodiness due to hormonal changes and identity struggles.

Physical development

Puberty: Boys and girls go through puberty, which involves the development of secondary sexual characteristics like pubic and underarm hair, with significant growth. This is the age when intersex traits may appear.
Growth spurts: A rapid increase in height and weight is common during this stage.
Body image: Physical attractiveness becomes very important, and adolescents are often more self-conscious about their changing bodies.
Hormonal changes: Hormonal fluctuations can lead to physical changes like acne, as well as emotional outbursts and mood swings.

Coitus Interruptus, birth control: Coitus interruptus, or the withdrawal birth control method, is a form of contraception where the male partner withdraws before ejaculatory inevitability to prevent sperm from entering the vagina. It is free and always available, with no associated health risks or side effects. However, coitus interruptus is considered one of the least effective methods of birth control. Pre-ejaculatory fluid may contain sperm. This form of birth control also does not protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Effectiveness

High failure rate: Coitus interruptus has a high failure rate, even with “typical use,” which includes accidental or incorrect use.
“Perfect use” vs. “typical use”: A large-scale study in England and Scotland found a typical use failure rate of 6.7 per 100 woman-years of use, while perfect use rates are significantly better but still carry risks.
Pre-ejaculatory fluid: Pre-ejaculatory fluid can contain sperm, and this fluid can be released before ejaculation, potentially leading to pregnancy.

Eunuchism and Intersexuality: Genesis Chapter 39 features the term eunuch for the first time in the Bible. Bitter brothers sell Joseph into slavery to Ishmaelite investors. The descendants of Ishmael trafficked Joseph to Potiphar, an elite royal military captain. Described in two ways, Potiphar is the guardian, SAR, of Pharaoh and identified as a eunuch, sah-REECE (Genesis 37:26, Strong, h5631, g2135). The reader may note that the terms guardian, SAR, and eunuch, sah-REECE , sound similar but have different spellings.

Eunuchs have been employed by royalty for millennia to oversee harems. The eunuch was unable to impregnate royal consorts because of either intersex traits at birth or surgical removal of genitalia. Eunuchism includes those born with intersex traits incapable of heterosexual intercourse. Clinicians use the term intersex for variations in sexually reproducing organisms. Intersex births feature characteristics between typical males and typical females. Intersex genitals differ in numerous ways with wide diversity. Many intersexual traits never appear outwardly. Some variations present when the intersex child reaches puberty, and still others at adulthood. Again, some intersexual traits never appear physically (Fausto-Sterling, 2000).

Fausto-Sterling (2000) examined clinical intersex data from 1955 to 1999. She stated, “We surveyed the medical literature from 1955 to the present for studies of the frequency of deviation from the ideal male or female. We conclude that this frequency may be as high as 2% of live births” (pp. 151–166). Genetics governing growth and development cause most intersex variations. Hormones underlie the most frequent variations among the intersexual population. Numerous eunuch snapshots appear in both the Old and New Testament records. The Hebrew Bible (WLC) uses the terms sah-REECE and eunuch in New Testament Greek (Strong, H5631, G2135).

Royalty concerned for DNA purity of heirs chose staff members incapable of reproduction to oversee harems. The eunuch lacked the ability for genital sexual intercourse with the king’s wives whether by intersexual traits or surgical castration. The sah-REECE served as a nonthreatening caregiver, ensuring royal blood lines with unbroken succession to the throne.

The fifth century AD Etymologicon by Orion of Thebes cites an early definition for the eunuch: guarding the bed and being deprived of male to female sexual intercourse.

The historian Lucian states two criteria for vetting a eunuch: physical inspection of genitalia while examining the candidate during a sexual act with females. This vetting process proved the sah-REECE/eunuch posed no threat to infiltrate royal DNA (Sturz, p. 58).

Many cultures record surgical castration to prevent sexual intercourse with royal consorts. Vietnamese eunuchism removed both testicles and penis of male staff members to ensure the progeny of the Emperor. The duties of Vietnamese eunuchs primarily maintained the harem for sexual intercourse with the Emperor (Taylor, 2013).

The Biblical Hebrew word for eunuch is sah-REECE, (Strong, H5631). Potiphar in the Joseph snapshot circa 12th Dynasty BCE is called Pharaoh’s sah-REECE (BLB, Genesis 37:36, Strong, H5631). Daniel of the Babylonian Exile 8th century BCE served under a sah-REECE and is assumed to be part of the eunuch culture to secure the purity of heir making. The Book of Isaiah 56:1–5 uses the term sah-REECE in a blessing piece.

And let no eunuch (sah-REECE) complain,

“I am only a dry tree.”

For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs (sah-REECE) who keep my Sabbaths,

who choose what pleases me

and hold fast to my covenant—

to them I will give within my temple and its walls

a memorial and a name

better than sons and daughters;

I will give them an everlasting name

that will endure forever.

Other eunuchs are named specifically, such as, Hegai and Shashgaz, Hatach, Harbonah, Bigthan, and Teresh. The sarisim, the plural of sah-REECE, were potential threats to impregnate the harem of the king and therefore chosen because of the inability for intercourse with royalty.

The New Testament uses the term eunuch in two narratives, Mathew 19 and Acts 8. Jesus speaks of eunuchs in Matthew 19 stating that some eunuchs are born, some eunuchs are made (surgically), and others choose to be eunuchs (Matthew 19:1–12).

The eunuchs Jesus described may include those who were born with intersex variations and could not have heterosexual genital sexual intercourse. The second snapshot appears in Acts 8:26–39. In this piece the apostle Phillip interprets Isaiah 53 for an, “ Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake which means ‘queen of the Ethiopians.’” (Acts 8:27) The reader can note that the Ethiopian eunuch served a royal consort, a queen. In addition the term eunuch separates from the words, an important official in charge. This supports the context of the sah-REECE of the Old Testament who guards the harem of the king.

Intersex-eunuch passages in Matthew 19 and perhaps Acts 8 appear without condemnation as well. The Acts snapshot with the Ethiopian eunuch and Phillip communicates honor and dignity.

Euphemism: The term euphemism is composed of two Greek words, eu meaning well and pheme, meaning to speak. Euphemisms decrease trauma shutdown by using gentle, indirect language to reframe sensitive matters. This can help families to be more comfortable discussing delicate topics. The technique, sometimes called “shame attenuation,” allows for a less traumatic conversation of direct sexual content. One example can be seen in Biblical sexual health narratives using the phrase, “uncovering the nakedness of”. Rather than using the phrase, “sexual contact between family members,” the writer of Genesis uses a softer nuance, perhaps for younger ears. (Leviticus 18 and Deuteronomy 23) This may help families decrease potential shame in these conversations and increase learning.

How euphemisms decrease shame

Softens harsh realities: Euphemisms replace blunt words with gentler ones. For example, saying someone “passed away” instead of “died” reduces the immediate shock and discomfort.
Encourages truthfulness: By creating a less confrontational atmosphere, euphemisms can encourage a hesitant person to share the truth, such as using “missed work unexpectedly” instead of “called in sick” to ask about absenteeism. In the same way “uncover the nakedness of” is a euphemism lowering shame to prevent sexual contact within families.

Lev 18:3

You must not do as they do in Egypt (incest), where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

Lev 18:6

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations (uncover the nakedness of). I am the LORD.

Mandrakes: In the Bible, mandrakes are an anesthetic-hallucinogenic plant associated with fertility featured in the story of Jacob’s wives, Rachel and Leah. Rachel, sought a solution to her infertility by making a sex for drugs deal with her sister Leah. Reuben, Leah’s son, harvested mandrakes, an over-the-counter aphrodesiac and infertility remedy. Rachel coerced Jacob to sleep with Leah in exchange for the mandrakes. Ironically, the drug failed, but instead Leah became pregnant with her fifth son, Issachar. The mandrake is also mentioned in the Song of Solomon for its fragrant fruit, suggesting a romantic and intimate setting.

Mandrakes possess hallucinogenic properties due to potent tropane alkaloids such as scopolamine, atropine, and hyoscyamine, which can induce delirium and hallucinations. The plant is also highly toxic, and its use can be very dangerous.

Effects and Dangers

Hallucinogenic & Deliriant: Mandrake can cause vivid hallucinations and a state of delirium, which in large doses may lead to madness.
Narcotic & Sedative: Historically, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery in ancient times because it induces a state of unconsciousness and indifference to pain.
Highly Poisonous: All parts of the Mandragora plant are poisonous. The concentration of alkaloids varies between individual plants, making safe dosing nearly impossible and accidental poisoning a significant risk.
Physical Symptoms of Poisoning: Ingestion can lead to severe symptoms including blurred vision, dilated pupils, dry mouth, difficulty urinating, dizziness, headache, rapid heart rate (tachycardia), and vomiting.
Risk of Death: In sufficient quantities, the plant can cause respiratory arrest, coma, and death due to its anticholinergic properties.

Masturbation Theology:The word masturbation did not appear in print until the 17th century AD. The Latin word masturbation means “destruction by the hand” (Etymologygeek, 2021; Etymonline, 2021). Theologians began to connect the term masturbation to Onan’s act and the death sentence for birth control, coitus interruptus. The context of the passage, however, appears to be another lesson reinforcing the evil of coercive sexuality and abuse. The Onan incident is not a genital self-stimulation narrative. In addition, there exists no support from other Biblical passages that God killed Onan for coitus interruptus. The judgment against Er and Onan has clear textual support on the basis of coercive sexuality and or violent abuse. No Biblical evidence supports the death sentence for coitus interruptus or genital self-stimulation. The 17th century word masturbation does not appear in or reflect the authoritative text of the Bible anywhere.

The translation method this work uses is called Biblical theology. This time-tested process uses Scripture to interpret Scripture. When a passage requires clarity, other relevant texts are compared for meaning. Biblical theology can be thought of as a scientific method for studying sacred literature with integrity. The tension in this passage focuses on the interpretation that God put Onan to death because he practiced birth control during intercourse through coitus interruptus. Therefore according to many authors any transmission of semen except for procreation is condemned by God.

The circumstance of Onan’s death appears four times in the Old Testament (Genesis 38:9–10; 46:12; Numbers 26:19; 1 Chronicles 2:3). Two of the passages state that Onan simply died (Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:19). The Hebrew verb form used in these two passages is called the Qal. This verb form shows that God did not act to end Onan’s life. The text of Genesis 38:10 states that someone or something killed Onan. The final Onan passage of 1 Chronicles 2:3 mentions Onan but does not state that the Lord killed him. Rather, Er his brother was terminated by God. The author of Chronicles omits Onan from the consequences of direct judgement by God. The four texts agree that God did not kill Onan due to birth control.

The one verse in question does not clearly state that Onan’s death was caused by God. The verse literally says in the Hebrew language, “He (Onan) did evil in the eyes of the Lord, and the thing which he did, killed him, even him.” Hebrew to English translators added “The Lord” as a subject to Verse 10 as the one doing the killing. The misuse of this passage began with the editing of the text by an unknown translator from the Hebrew to English who added “The Lord” as Onan’s executioner. No direct statements in the Bible support God putting Onan to death. All Biblical citations state that God did not terminate Onan because he withdrew before ejaculation.

The energy spent on this verse matters for billions of people who look to the Bible for sexual health education. What the reader will see in the following history of masturbation theology is the threat of divine death sentence for self-stimulation. Specifically, according to numerous religious writers, any sexual arousal or transfer of semen except for conception may bring the same consequences for death as Onan received. One misused verse of Scripture without support from the entirety of Biblical revelation created 3500 years of threat, violence, and sexual shame among people of faith.

The first part of the word masturbation derives from the Latin word, manus, meaning “hand.” The second part of the Latin term, disturbare, means to disturb, demolish, or destroy. Stupere connects to this word, meaning stupid or shameful. The Latin word masturbor then follows the meaning, “I shamefully defile myself, I masturbate.” The word masturbation appears in literature by 1711. First appearing in the 1620s, masturbation preceded the use of the term masturbation, (Etymonline, 2021, Etymologygeek, 2021).

The Evangelical Christian books Every Man’s Battle and Every Women’s Battle reflect thinking on genital self-stimulation from the 1990s. Arterburn (2001), the primary author for these books, reflects the cultural and Evangelical sexual politics of the era. Panic and crisis of the 1980s’ AIDS epidemic may have driven religious and political leaders to teach abstinence in favor of sexual health. Arterburn reflected, “Masturbation is a symptom of uncontrolled eyes and free racing thoughts” (Arterburn, p. 110). He counseled that masturbation ceases when a man can “bounce” his eyes and take his thoughts captive (Arterburn, p. 112). He stated that the only legitimate release from genital tension for a single man is the nocturnal emission. Arterburn did not permit men to masturbate, even though he admits the Bible does not speak to it. Ethridge, Arterburn’s female counterpart and coauthor of Every Woman’s Battle, too instructed her readers not to masturbate. She (2003) stated, “Believe it or not no one ever died from not having an orgasm…once the sin of masturbation does know you by name, it will call, and call and call” (Ethridge p. 40). Is it possible that Ethridge may have implied, “Believe it or not, some have died from an orgasm,” specifically Onan? Ethridge stated that treatment for masturbation is to “starve it to death” (Ethridge, p. 41). Neither Arterburn nor Ethridge believed genital self-stimulation was an acceptable practice, even though both admit the Bible gives no direction on the matter.

The 19th and 20 centuries featured religious and medical practitioners contributing to the conversation of genital self-stimulation. Doctor John Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek Corn Flakes fame (February 26, 1852–December 14, 1943) passionately campaigned against genital self-stimulation. Kellogg legitimized his views by using medical language with citations proclaiming, “neither the plague, nor war, nor small pox, nor similar diseases, have produced results so disastrous to humanity as the pernicious habit of onanism,” according to his source Dr. Adam Clarke. Kellogg made strong warnings against masturbation claiming genital self-stimulation could be fatal, “such a victim literally dies by his own hand.” Kellogg believed the “solitary-vice” caused uterine cancer, urinary diseases, nocturnal emissions, impotence, epilepsy, insanity, mental and physical pathologies, and dimness of vision. In Plain Facts for Old and Young, Kellogg warns of the evils of sex perhaps believing sexuality itself to be evil. He crafted treatment plans to cure children from acting out in the “solitary vice”. Kellogg prescribed as means of masturbation prevention: restraining a child’s hands, protecting the genitals with patented cages preventing sexual contact, stitching the foreskin shut with wire, electrical shock, and circumcision without anesthesia. Kellogg himself underwent circumcision at the age of 37 (Kellogg, 1888). Kellogg presented detailed treatment plans to prevent genital self-stimulation.

A remedy which is almost always successful in small boys is circumcision, especially when there is any degree of phimosis. The operation should be performed by a surgeon without administering an anesthetic, as the brief pain attending the operation will have a salutary effect upon the mind, especially if it be connected with the idea of punishment, as it may well be in some cases. The soreness which continues for several weeks interrupts the practice, and if it had not previously become too firmly fixed, it may be forgotten and not resumed. Further, a method of treatment [to prevent masturbation] … and we have employed it with entire satisfaction. It consists in the application of one or more silver sutures in such a way as to prevent erection. The prepuce, or foreskin, is drawn forward over the glans, and the needle to which the wire is attached is passed through from one side to the other. After drawing the wire through, the ends are twisted together, and cut off close. It is now impossible for an erection to occur, and the slight irritation thus produced acts as a most powerful means of overcoming the disposition to resort to the practice. In females, the author has found the application of pure carbolic acid (phenol) to the clitoris an excellent means of allaying the abnormal excitement (pp. 294-296).

In Kellogg’s Ladies’ Guide in Health and Disease for nymphomania, he recommended “Cool baths; the cool enema; a spare diet; the application of blisters and other irritants to the sensitive parts of the sexual organs, the removal of the clitoris and nymphae” (Markel, p. 215).

Swiss physician Samuel-Auguste Tissot published L’Onanisme in 1760, a comprehensive medical treatise on the negative effects of genital self-stimulation to orgasm with ejaculation. Tissot believed that seminal fluid was an “essential oil” and “stimulus.” According to Tissot, the loss of semen in large amounts could cause,

a perceptible reduction of strength, of memory and even of reason; blurred vision, all the nervous disorders, all types of gout and rheumatism, weakening of the organs of generation, blood in the urine, disturbance of the appetite, headaches and a great number of other disorders. (Stolberg, 2000)

In the 17 century, masturbation became synonymous with Onan in Genesis 38. Although different behaviors, coitus interruptus and genital self-stimulation now become one idea (Etymonline, 2021). A 17th-century Puritan law code for the colonies of New Haven, Connecticut outlawed blasphemy, homosexuality, and genital self-stimulation. The consequence for offenders? The death penalty (Lawrence, p. 41).

Before masturbation terminology appeared in the 17th century early Christian church fathers contributed volumes of commentary. Many church authorities taught that genital self-stimulation was a secret sin, injurious, prohibited, and corrupt. In the 14th century AD, Jean Gerson, crafted a confessional manual entitled, On the Confession of Masturbation. Gerson’s manual directs clergy to, “insist that (male) penitents admit to the sin of masturbation, which…was deemed…even more serious sin than raping a nun, incest, or abducting and raping virgins and wives” (Chloe, 2010).

Thomas Aquinas, 1225–1274 AD, scholastic of the Catholic Church authored the Summa

Theologiae or Summa Theologica, The Summary of Theology. “

The “Summa” intended to instruct seminarians and literate church members. In Article 5,

Aquinas argues for the sinfulness of dreams producing nocturnal emissions.

“Objection 1. It would seem that nocturnal pollution is a sin. For the same things are the matter of merit and demerit. Now a man may merit while he sleeps, as was the case with Solomon, who while asleep obtained the gift of wisdom from the Lord“ (1 Samuel 3:5). Therefore a man may demerit while asleep; and thus nocturnal pollution would seem to be a sin“ (Summa Theologica, 2021).

Beginning in the 11th century Pope Leo IX regarded genital self-stimulation as, “unnatural sex, murder, a diabolical practice, and the cause of two-thirds of all diseases and disorders including insanity, neurosis, and neurasthenia” (Patton, 1985).

Epiphanius of Salamis in 375 AD stated that certain Egyptian heretics “exercise genital acts, yet prevent the conceiving of children. Not in order to produce offspring, but to satisfy lust, are they eager for corruption” (Medicine Chest Against Heresies 26:5:2, 375 AD). Lactantius, advisor to Roman Emperor Constantine the Great, in the fourth century AD added, “God gave us eyes not to see and desire pleasure, but to see acts to be performed for the needs of life; so too, the genital [‘generating’] part of the body, as the name itself teaches, has been received by us for no other purpose than the generation of offspring” (Medicine Chest Against Heresies, 6:23:18). Clement of Alexandria in 191 AD stated that, “Because of its divine institution for the propagation of man, the seed is not to be vainly ejaculated, nor is it to be damaged, nor is it to be wasted, “ and, “To have coitus other than to procreate children is to do injury to nature” (The Instructor of Children 2:10:91:2; 2:10:95:3, 375 AD).

Christ does not speak on the matter of genital self-stimulation. Neither New Testament writers nor Old Testament authors comment. Again, the primary Christian authoritative sources and accepted body of sacred literature do not regulate genital self-stimulation. The Old Testament passages connecting to transmission of seminal fluids can be found in the Levitical sexual hygiene code.

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening. Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will be unclean till evening…When a man has sexual relations with a woman and there is an emission of semen, both of them must bathe with water, and they will be unclean till evening…These are the regulations for a man with a discharge, for anyone made unclean by an emission of semen. (Leviticus 15:16,17,18, 32)

Neither mandate nor commentary exists for genital self-stimulation in the entire Bible. The focus of transmission of fluids in Leviticus falls under the heading of hygiene and in this case sexual health hygiene. There are no death penalties in the Leviticus sexual hygiene code for the transmission of seminal fluids by any means.

Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk- Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk is an evidence-based therapeutic exercise founded on Scripture and the life of Christ.

What if the image of God within nature can assist to teach our children about health and safety? Is it possible to connect to the Spirit of God among healing leaves and forest splendor?

The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands.

Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they reveal knowledge.

They have no speech, they use no words; no sound is heard from them.

Yet their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. (Psalm 19:1-4)

Does the Creation still pour forth the speech of God? Do the works of God in nature continue to speak today without words? Could it be nature is the Bible’s container for the Gospel?

Nature Immersion: The Creation Walk

Rape: Rape is sexual penetration without consent, often by force, coercion, or by taking advantage of an incapacitated person. Modern legal definitions have expanded to include various types of sexual penetration (oral, anal, and vaginal) and the use of objects, and are gender-neutral, recognizing both male and female victims and perpetrators.

Key aspects of the defining rape

Lack of consent: A person’s consent must be voluntary and can be negated by a lack of capacity to consent due to age, intoxication, or mental/physical incapacity.
Force or coercion: This includes physical force, threats, or psychological coercion to overcome someone’s will.
Incapacity: A person is unable to give consent if they are asleep, unconscious, drugged, or otherwise physically or mentally helpless.
Age of consent: Engaging in sexual activity with someone below the legal age of consent is considered statutory rape, even if the person agrees.
Broader scope: Updated definitions include various forms of sexual penetration, such as oral and anal sex, and the use of objects, not just penile-vaginal intercourse.
Gender-neutral: The modern definition includes both male and female victims and perpetrators, which was not always the case in older definitions.
Forced acts on others: Forcing someone else to penetrate a victim is also considered rape.

Seven Intimacies of Genesis 1-4: The 7 intimacies of Creation are: Spiritual, beauty of the created order, rest, pleasure, compassionate presence, reconciliation, and sexually healthy intimacy. (Genesis 1-4) The insular cortex located in the prefrontal cortex is responsible for intimacy in relationships and associating people, places, things, sights, sounds, and smells. Intimacy is essential to bring a dissociated state to an associated state. We call this associated state, “online”.

Spirit: What do you notice about the wind? On your skin? What do sense about your skin under your clothes?As you breathe in, what do you smell? What taste do you notice in your mouth?

Gen 1:2 Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

Beauty: What light do you see far away? What light do you notice nearest you?

Gen 1:3 And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light.

Rest: What do you see moving furthest from you? What do you notice moving nearest you? What do you sense about your body’s motion? What do you notice about the tightness in your body? Do you sense your feet touching the ground? Do you feel gravity’s pull? What do you notice about the alignment of your hips, your spine, your neck?

Gen 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work.

Pleasure: Take pleasure in a created being around you. What is the texture?

(Please see “created being” in the Key Vocabulary.)

Gen 2:8 Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden (Pleasure); and there he put the man he had formed.

Compassionate Presence: If a benevolent God made nature for you by His Word, what message do you notice He might be speaking to you personally?

Gen 2:22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.

Reconciliation: What do you notice about connection with the Creation? Do you sense wholeness and reconciliation? Do you notice any shame in the Creation?

Gen 3:21 The LORD God made garments of skin for Adam and his wife and clothed them (covering their shame).

Creation: Do you see any created beings that touch your heart? Pick up as many as you wish.

Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the land produce vegetation: seed-bearing plants and trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their various kinds.” And it was so.

Gen 4:1 Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

Sex Trafficking: Sex trafficking is the economically driven enslavery of men, women, and children for sexual gratification. The sex trade formed a major economic piece of ancient Near Eastern culture called, “sexeconomy”. In the Sumerian era 1750 BCE religious actors coerced children, men, and women into places of worship for “sacred sex trafficking”. The Old and New Testaments of the Bible feature extensive trafficking references over 1500 years of authorship. The sacred sex trade devoted food, human sacrifice, and money in places of worship to appease deities and fund institutions. The sex trade of the ancient Near East also involved secular sex workers many of whom were trafficked by slave owners.

Mt. Vesuvius entombed thousands of Pompeii’s residents in a pyroclastic cloud of debris in the first century CE. Thermal ash both buried and preserved the shapes of 1150 bodies and structures with their artwork in the apocalypse. 25 distinct brothels have been excavated in the ancient city of Pompeii’s 10,000-20,000 inhabitants. Inscriptions on buildings and streets reveal penises pointing potential customers to the largest brothel called, “The Wolf Den”. Two stories tall with ten rooms, frescoes featured erotic images and graffiti etched with customer reviews. Small windowless rooms painted with pornographic images offered menus of service with pricing for various forms of intercourse. Pompeii’s brothels prove the existence of the first-century secular sex trade distinct from temple cults.

Sex trade workers were often trafficked slaves or lower income women. 80% of female sex workers’ names inscribed on the Wolf Den’s walls appear to have been trafficked slaves. This means the ancient world consisted of at least two kinds of sex trafficking. The sacred sex trade involved religious institutions with religious worship. The secular sex industry featured brothels like the Wolf Den, distinct from temple cults. Both the religious and secular sex trades shared common ground of trafficking slaves and the very poor. The trade of selling humans founded the sexeconomy of both sacred priests and sex industry entrepreneurs. (Pompittours)

The Bible cites numerous citations for the sexual safety of children. Leviticus prohibits trafficking family members into the sex trade. Leviticus 19:29 commands parents not to traffic their daughters for sex. Tannehil makes the case that trafficking a child was more affordable than paying an expensive marriage dowry. (Note too the use of the trigger term, chaw-LAWL, often connecting a decline in sexual health and safety. Chaw-LAWL first appears in the sexual health decline snap shot of Genesis 6. The underlying reason for annihilation of humankind by flood in Genesis 7-9 is global sexual trauma.) (Gen 6:1; Strong, h2490) The prophets of both Old and New Testaments speak against trafficking boys, girls, and adults.

Lev 19:29

“ ‘Do not degrade (chaw-LAWL) your daughter by making her a prostitute (zah-NAH, sex traffic), or the land will turn to prostitution (sex trafficking) and be filled with wickedness.

Approximately 1000 years after Moses, the Prophet Joel speaks to the sexeconomy of trafficking children.

Joe 3:3

They cast lots for my people and traded boys for prostitutes (zah-NAH); they sold girls for wine to drink.

In the first century CE Paul the Apostle and John the scribe of Revelation repeat similar concern.

1Ti 1:10

..for the sexually immoral (POR-nos, male sex traffickers), for those practicing homosexuality, for slave traders (human traffickers) and liars and perjurers—and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine….

Rev 18:11-13

“The merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her because no one buys their cargoes anymore—…cargoes of cinnamon and spice, of incense, myrrh and frankincense, of wine and olive oil, of fine flour and wheat; cattle and sheep; horses and carriages; and human beings sold as slaves.

The phrase “human beings sold as slaves” literally means, “selling human flesh and the souls of men.”

Trafficking provided a sexeconomy not only for the secular sex trade, but also “substantial part of the temple’s income” (Tannehill, 1980, p. 79). The business of the sacred sex trade provided tremendous profit to religious institutions. The sexeconomy coerced sex workers to perform for more money. One sex worker named Metiche, with the stage name, Clepsydra-stop watch, streamlined length of customer intercourse for greater income. (Tannehill, 1980, p. 100). King Solomon posted the greatest economic growth in Israel’s history. The emperor also introduced the sexeconomy of Ashtoreth, known as Asherah, with its history of sex trafficking. 300 years after Solomon introduced Israel to the sacred sex trade of his wives, King Josiah’s reform removed the quarters for sex trafficked males from the temple in Jerusalem.

1Ki 11:5-8

He (Solomon) followed Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. So Solomon did evil in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done. On a hill east of Jerusalem, Solomon built a high place for Chemosh the detestable god of Moab, and for Molek the detestable god of the Ammonites. He did the same for all his foreign wives, who burned incense and offered sacrifices to their gods.

2Ki 23:7

He (Josiah) also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the LORD, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.

The Hebrew language uses gendered words for sex trade income. Female earnings are called eth-NAWN. (Strong, h868) The specific sex trade term for male income is meh-CHERE. (Strong, h4242)

Deu 23:18

You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute (eth-NAWN) or of a male prostitute (meh-CHERE) into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.

The majority use of the porn word group in the Bible points to trafficking of humans for the sexeconomy of religious cults. This may assist parents as they speak to their children about pornography. Restoring the image of God in Christ to human sexuality may treat human trafficking and erotic media of the porn industry. Is it possible objectification and dehumanization form the common ground of trafficking and pornography? Could the beauty of God’s image redeem dehumanization and objectification of erotic media? Can this conversation with our families begin to replace pornography as the primary educator for children’s sexual health?

Sexual Neuropathways: There are 5 neuropathways wiring the most powerful network in human anatomy, the sexual system. The Prefrontal Cortex regulates sexuality with reason, compassion, awareness, and spirituality. The second pathway transfers dopamine in the attraction system. The third neuropathway connects through oxytocin and vasopressin. Oxytocin is responsible for bonding sensations. Vasopressin assists with long-term relationships. The fourth neuropathway transfers hormones of testosterone and estrogen. These transfers can last over a week. The fifth pathway is the adrenaline network. Adrenaline transfers during orgasm and is responsible for ejaculatory inevitability.

Sexual Neutrality: Sexual neutrality is a state of health and wholeness without sex negativity. Jesus modeled this great truth. The primary sexual neuro pathway is the prefrontal cortex. Sexual neutrality proposes that one can have sexual feelings, including romantic attraction and desire, without genital sexual intercourse. The prefrontal cortex can be nonjudgmental of sexual feelings, and at the same time, compassionate for others, aware that intercourse is not the greatest value in life. For the adolescent, sexual feelings reflect the image of God, and intimacy with God and others can be our greatest passion without intercourse. A neuroscientist named, Schore, writes:

“In a seminal article in the clinical psychology literature, Leslie Greenberg described a ‘self-control’ form of emotion regulation involving higher levels of cognitive executive function that allows individuals ‘to change the way they feel by consciously changing the way they think’ (2007, p. 415). He [Greenberg] proposed that this explicit form of affect regulation is performed by the verbal left hemisphere, and unconscious bodily-based emotion is usually not addressed. This regulatory mechanism is at the core of verbal-analytic understanding and controlled reasoning and is heavily emphasized in models of cognitive behavioral therapy.” (p. 37)

Paul the Apostle too speaks of emotional regulation in Galatians 5:22-23.

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

This fruit of the Spirit is set in opposition to the “flesh”.

The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factionsand envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God. (Galatians 5:19-21)

Note that the Spirit of God regulates the limbic system actions of “the flesh” with the PFC functions of love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-regulation. Neuroscientists like Greenberg will agree with Paul the Apostle after 2000 years of scientific research.

Sexual Nihilism: Sexual nihilism is the philosophy that sexuality has no values and nothing can be truthfully known or communicated. Nihilism connects with extreme pessimism and radical skepticism condemning existence. A true nihilist believes in nothing, has no loyalties, and whose purpose and impulse is to destroy. Nihilism is associated with Friedrich Nietzsche who projected its destructive effects would undermine moral, religious, and metaphysical convictions thus creating the greatest crisis in human history. In the 20th century, nihilistic value destruction, and purposelessness have preoccupied arts and media. By the end of the 20th century, existential despair transitioned to indifference, as seen in increased suicide statistics across all age groups, school shootings without national prevention policies, and increasing opioid fatalities. A sexual nihilist would then have no sexual boundaries, no loyalties, no purpose, and present a destructive pattern in sexual relationships (Pratt, 2021).

Sexually Transmitted Infections: Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) are infections spread through sexual contact, including vaginal, anal, and oral sex, and sometimes via blood or from parent to baby; common examples are HPV, Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Herpes, HIV, and Syphilis, often showing symptoms like unusual discharge, sores, pain, or itching, but many have no symptoms, requiring testing for diagnosis, with bacterial STIs curable but viral ones manageable with medication, emphasizing prevention through sexual neutrality, condoms, mutual monogamy, and regular testing for sexual health.

Common STIs

HPV (Human Papillomavirus): Very common, causes genital warts or increases cancer risk.
Chlamydia & Gonorrhea: Bacterial infections, often asymptomatic but treatable.
Syphilis: Bacterial, progresses in stages; treatable but can be severe if untreated.
Herpes (HSV): Viral, causes sores, incurable but manageable with antivirals.
HIV: Viral, affects the immune system; manageable with treatment.
Trichomoniasis: Parasitic, curable.

Common Signs & Symptoms

Unusual discharge from penis or vagina.
Sores, bumps, or blisters in genital/anal area.
Pain or burning during urination or sex.
Itching or discomfort in the genital area.
Bleeding between periods (in women).

Prevention & Management

Sexual Neutrality: The only 100% effective method.
Condoms: Reduce risk but don’t eliminate it, especially for skin-to-skin infections like herpes/HPV.
Testing: Regular testing with partners is key; many STIs have no symptoms.
Treatment: Get treated with a partner simultaneously; bacterial STIs curable, viral ones managed.
Vaccination: Available for some like HPV. The local economy impacting Abraham suffers downturn. Anxious, Abraham moves his family south to recession resistant Egypt. Abraham feels the immediate threat of Egyptian sexual politics. He states to his wife, Sarah, “I know what a beautiful woman you are. When the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ They will kill me but will let you live. Say you are my sister so that I will be treated well for your sake and my life will be spared because of you” (Genesis 12:11–13).

Abraham understood the sexual politics of Pharaoh. Egyptian royalty operated sovereignly, holding themselves as deities. Forcefully taking eligible child-bearing women for the royal harem was not unknown. One common thread in unhealthy sexuality snapshots is the consequences of infidelity, which may be a teaching illustration for children about sexually transmitted infections. The ancient Near Eastern explanation of sexually transmitted infections assigned divine punishment for sexual misconduct. Pharaoh takes Sarah as a sexual partner for his harem. The royal household immediately suffers disease, “But the Lord inflicted serious diseases on Pharoah and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarah” (Genesis 12:17). Ancient Egyptian medical papyri describe numerous disorders, including sexually transmitted infections. The Kahun papyri of 1900 BCE lists impotence, irritated genitals, the labia being “ill”, prolapsed uterus, and venereal disease. Although ancient physicians did not comprehend the science of sexual transmitted infections, the Akkadians assessed that testicular abscesses originated from “being in bed with a woman” (Tannahil, p. 65).

The Biblical writer charges God as the source of the disease because Pharaoh took Sarah, a married woman, as royal consort. Ascribing natural consequences to God is a frequent literary device called a causation idiom. Humankind in the ancient Near East interpreted all disasters and disease as originating from deities. After perhaps suffering a sexually transmitted infection, Pharaoh releases Sarah, and Abraham returns to his homeland richer. Abraham uses this method of self-preservation again, resulting in sexual disease of another royal, King Abimelek, in Genesis 20:2.

Shutdown: PTSD literature has long identified the parasympathetic response to trauma called “shutdown”. Porge uses the term polyvagal theory to describe this phenomenon in the human system.

Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, outlines a hierarchy of nervous system states:

Ventral Vagal State: .
This is a state of prefrontal cortex activity is characterized by calm, relaxed breathing, and a sense of connection to oneself and others.
Sympathetic State: .
The fight-or-flight response, triggers by perceived danger followed by increased heart rate, breathing, and alertness.
Dorsal Vagal State (Shutdown): .
When fight-or-flight is not possible, the dorsal vagal nerve activates, leading to shutdown or immobilization.

In dorsal vagal shutdown, the body conserves energy and reduces pain perception by:

Decreasing heart rate and breathing thus reducing the body’s metabolic demands.
Dissociation involves a feeling of detachment from the body or surroundings. When sexual trauma triggers shutdown, the brain is unable to process sexual health content.
Numbness and emotional detachment manifest as a lack of feeling or a sense of disconnection from awareness, compassion, and reason relating to sexual health content.
The body conserves energy by reducing activity levels with feelings of fatigue.
Digestive problems, nausea, or changes in pain perception may occur.

In this work the disabling of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) in shutdown, prevents processing of sexual health content.

Index of Health Terms For The Book of Genesis

Sexual Health Positive Terms

1-2. Be Fruitful and Increase, pah-RAH rah-BAH (Gen 1:22) Strong, h6509 and h7235

Gen 1:22

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Gen 1:28

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

Gen 8:17

Bring out every kind of living creature that is with you—the birds, the animals, and all the creatures that move along the ground—so they can multiply on the earth and be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number on it.”

Gen 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the earth.

Gen 9:7

As for you, be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Gen 17:20

And as for Ishmael, I have heard you: I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and will greatly increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) his numbers. He will be the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.

Gen 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers until you become a community of peoples.

Gen 35:11

And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

Gen 47:27

Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased (pah-RAH rah-BAH) greatly in number.

Gen 48:4

I am going to make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’

Exo 1:7

but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful (pah-RAH); they multiplied greatly, increased (rah-BAH) in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

Lev 26:9

I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.

Jer 23:3

“I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and will bring them back to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number.

Eze 36:11

I will increase (rah-BAH) the number of people and animals living on you, and they will be fruitful (pah-RAH) and become numerous. I will settle people on you as in the past and will make you prosper more than before. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

28 times in 14 WLC verses

3H. Sexual Connection, dah-BACH (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1692

Gen 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united (dah-BACH) to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Gen 34:3

His heart was drawn (dah-BACH) to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

1Ki 11:2

They were from nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast (dah-BACH) to them in love.

3 times in 3 WLC verses

3G. Sexual Connection, kah-LA-oh (Mat 19:5) Strong, g2853

Mat 19:5

For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united (kah-LA-oh) to his wife, and the two will become one flesh?

Luk 15:15

So he went and hired himself out (kah-LA-oh) to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

1Co 6:16

Do you not know that he who unites (kah-LA-oh) himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

3 times in 3 GNT verses

Total 6 times in 6 WLC and GNT verses

4H. Sexual Intimacy, yah-DAH (Gen 4:1) Strong, h3045

Gen 4:1

Adam made love to (yah-DAH) his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

Gen 4:17

Cain made love to (yah-DAH) his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

Gen 4:25

Adam made love to (yah-DAH) his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Gen 19:5

They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex (yah-DAH) with them.”

Gen 19:8

Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with (yah-DAH) a man. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do what you like with them. But don’t do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”

Gen 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with (yah-DAH) her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

Num 31:17

Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with (yah-DAH) a man,

Num 31:18

…but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with (yah-DAH) a man.

Num 31:35

…and 32,000 women who had never slept with (yah-DAH) a man.

Jdg 19:5

But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped (yah-DAH) her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

Jdg 19:22

While they were enjoying themselves, some of the wicked men of the city surrounded the house. Pounding on the door, they shouted to the old man who owned the house, “Bring out the man who came to your house so we can have sex (yah-DAH) with him.”

Jdg 21:11

“This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin (yah-DAH).”

Jdg 21:12

They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with (yah-DAH) a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

1Ki 1:4

The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations (yah-DAH) with her.

14 times in 14 WLC verses

4G. Sexual Intimacy, geh-NO-skow (Mat 1:25) Strong, g1097

Mat 1:25

But he did not consummate (geh-NO-skow) their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Luk 1:34

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin (since I have not known/geh-NO-skow a man) ?”

14 times in 14 WLC verses

2 times in 2 GNT verses

Total 16 times in 16 WLC and GNT verses

5H. Covenant, buh-REETH (Gen 6:18) Strong, h1285

Gen 6:18

But I will establish my covenant (buh-REETH) with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

284 times in 264 WLC verses

5G. Covenant, dia-THEY-kay (Mat 26:28) Strong, g1242

Mat 26:28

This is my blood of the covenant (dia-THEY-kay), which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

33 times in 30 verses of the GNT

Total 317 times in 294 verses

6-7. Recover Unhealthy Sexuality, kah-SAH ehr-VAH (Gen 9:23) h3680 and h6172

Gen 9:23

But Shem and Japheth took a garment and laid it across their shoulders; then they walked in backward and covered (kah-SAH) their father’s naked body (ehr-VAH). Their faces were turned the other way so that they would not see their father naked.

Eze 16:8

Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered (kah-SAH) your naked body (ehr-VAH). I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Hos 2:9

“Therefore I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

3 times in 3 WLC verses

7H. Bridegroom, chah-THAWN (Gen 19:12) Strong, h2860

Gen 19:12

The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law (chah-THAWN), sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

Appearing 20 times in 19 WLC verses

7G. Bridegroom, noom-PHONE (Mat 9:15) Strong, g3567

Mat 9:15

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom (NOOM-phone) will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Appearing 3 times in 3 GNT verses

Total 23 times in 21 WLC and GNT verses

8. Genital Sexual Intercourse, Kah-RAV (Gen 20:4) Strong, h7126

Gen 20:4

Now Abimelek had not gone near (kah-RAV) her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

Lev 18:19

Do not approach (kah-RAV) a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

Lev 18:6

No one is to approach (kah-RAV) any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

Isa 8:3

Then I made love (kah-RAV) to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

Eze 18:6

He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations (kah-RAV) with a woman during her period.

5 times in 5 WLC verses

9H.Virgin, buh-TWO-lah (Gen 24:16) Strong, h1330

Gen 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin (buh-TWO-lah); no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

Appearing 50 times in 50 WLC verses

9G. Virgin, par-THEN-os (Mat 1:23) Strong, g3933

Mat 1:23

“The virgin (par-THEN-os) will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Appearing 15 times in 15 GNT verses

Total 65 times in 65 WLC and GNT verses

10. Fall in Love, Lover, ah-HAWV (Gen 24:67) Strong, h157

Gen 24:67

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved (ah-HAWV) her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Gen 29:18

Jacob was in love (ah-HAWV) with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Gen 29:20

So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love (ah-HAWV) for her.

Gen 29:30

Jacob made love (BO) to Rachel also, and his love (ah-HAWV) for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

Gen 29:32

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love (ah-HAWV) me now.”

Gen 34:3

His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved (ah-HAWV) the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

Deu 21:15

If a man has two wives, and he loves (ah-HAWV) one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,

47 times in 42 WLC verses

11. Foreplay to Intercourse, yih-TSACH (Gen 26:8) Strong, h6711

Gen 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek, king of the Philistines, looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing (yih-TSACH) his wife Rebekah.

Gen 39:14

She called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport (yih-TSACH) of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

Gen 39:17

Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport (yih-TSACH) of me.

3 times in 3 WLC verses

12H. Kiss, nah-SHAWK (Gen 27:26) Strong, h5401

Gen 27:26

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss (nah-SHAWK) me.”

30 times in 30 WLC verses

12G. Kiss, phi-LE-oh (Mat 26:48) Strong, g5368

Mat 26:48

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss (phi-LE-oh) is the man; arrest him.”

2 times in 2 verses of the GNT

Total 32 times in 32 WLC and GNT verses

13. Mandrakes, doo-DAI: (Gen 30:14) Strong, h1736

Gen 30:14

During wheat harvest, Reuben went out into the fields and found some mandrakes (doo-DAI) plants, which he brought to his mother Leah. Rachel said to Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI) too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes (doo-DAI).” So he slept with her that night. God listened to Leah, and she became pregnant and bore Jacob a fifth son.

Appearing 7 times in 3 WLC verses

14. Fall in Love, chah-SHAWK (Gen 34:8) Strong, h2836

Gen 34:8

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on (chah-SHAWK) your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

4 times in 4 WLC verses

15. Eunuch/Intersexual Traits, sah-REECE (Gen 37:36) Strong, h5631, g2135

Gen 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials (sah-REECE), the captain of the guard.

42 times in 42 WLC verses

8 times in 6 GNT verses

Total 50 times in 48 verses

Reproductive and Anatomical Terms

39H. Genital Tissue, bah-SAR (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1320

Gen 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh (bah-SAR).

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of your foreskin), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Gen 17:14

Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh (bah-SAR), will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

Gen 17:23

On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or bought with his money, every male in his household, and circumcised them (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of the foreskin), as God told him.

Gen 17:24

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of the foreskin)

Exo 28:42

“Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body (bah-SAR), reaching from the waist to the thigh.

Lev 6:10

The priest shall then put on his linen clothes, with linen undergarments next to his body (bah-SAR), and shall remove the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed on the altar and place them beside the altar.

Lev 12:3

On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of his foreskin).

Lev 15:16

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body (bah-SAR) with water, and he will be unclean till evening.

Lev 15:19

When a woman has her regular flow of blood (in her flesh (bah-SAR), the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

Lev 18:6

No one is to approach any close relative (of his flesh, bah-SAR) to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

Eze 16:26

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals (bah-SAR), and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.

Eze 23:20

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals (bah-SAR) were like those (bah-SAR)of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

14 times in 13 WLC verses

39G. Genital Tissue, The Human Body, SARKS, (Mat 19:5) Strong, g4561

Mat 19:5

and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh (SARKS)”

Mat 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh (SARKS). Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Mar 10:8

…and the two will become one flesh (SARKS). So they are no longer two, but one flesh (SARKS).

1Co 7:28

But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life (SARKS), and I want to spare you this.

Gal 5:19

The acts of the flesh (SARKS) are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

Gal 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh (SARKS) with its passions and desires.

Eph 5:29

After all, no one ever hated their own body (SARKS), but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—

Eph 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh (SARKS).”

Jde 1:7

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality (sex trafficking) and perversion (SARKS). They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Jde 1:8

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies (SARKS), reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.

Jde 1:23

…save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh (SARKS).

12 times in 11 GNT verses

Total 26 times in 24 WLC and GNT verses

40H. Naked, ah-ROME (Gen 2:25) Strong, h6174

Gen 2:25

Adam and his wife were both naked (ah-ROME), and they felt no shame.

15 times in 14 WLC verses

40G. Naked, GOOM-nos (Mar 14:52) Strong, g1131

15 times in 15 GNT verses

Total 30 times in 29 verses

41H. Seed, Offspring, Semen, zeh-RAH (Gen 1:11) Strong, h2232

229 times in 205 WLC verses

41G. Offspring, SPER-ma (Rev 12:17) Strong, g4690

Rev 12:17

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring (SPER-ma)—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

43 times in 40 GNT verses

42. Sperm, spoe-RAH (1Pe 1:23) Strong, g4701

1Pe 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed (spoe-RAH), but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

43. Conception, Childbirth, heh-ray-YOWN (Gen 3:16) Strong, h2032

Gen 3:16

To the woman he said, “I will make your pains in childbearing (heh-rey-OWN) very severe; with painful labor you will give birth to children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”

Rth 4:13

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive (heh-rey-OWN), and she gave birth to a son.

Hos 9:11

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception (heh-rey-OWN) .

3 times in 3 WLC verses

44. Labor of Childbirth, oh-DEE-no (Gal 4:19) Strong, g5605

Gal 4:19

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth (oh-DEE-no) until Christ is formed in you,

Gal 4:27

For it is written: “Be glad, barren woman, you who never bore a child; shout for joy and cry aloud, you who were never in labor (oh-DEE-no); because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband.”

Rev 12:2

She was pregnant (holding in the stomach) and cried out in pain (oh-DEE-no) as she was about to give birth.

3 times in 3 GNT verses

45. Intense Pain of Childbirth, soon-oh-DEE-no (Rom 8:22) Strong, g4944

Rom 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains (soon-oh-DEE-no) of childbirth (TIK-toe) right up to the present time.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

46H. Give Birth To, YEH-led (Gen 3:16) Strong, h3205

500 times in 403 WLC verses

46G. Give Birth to,TIK-toe (Mat 1:21) Strong, g5088

Mat 1:21

She will give birth (TIK-toe) to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

18 times in 17 GNT verses

Total 518 times in 420 WLC and GNT verses

47H. Conceive, hah-RAH (Gen 4:1) Strong, h2029

Gen 4:1

Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant (hah-RAH) and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

43 times in 42 WLC verses

47G. Conceive, (hold in the abdomen), EH-cho en gah-STREE (Mat 1:23) Strong, g2192 and g1064

Mat 1:23

“The virgin will conceive (hold in the abdomen) and give birth to (TIK-toe) a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

8 times 8 in GNT verses

Total 51 times in 50 WLC and GNT verses

48. Conceive, sool-lawm-BAH-no, (Luk 2:21) Strong, g4815

6 times in 6 New Testament verses

Total 57 times in 56 WLC and GNT verses

49H. Infertile, ah-KAR (Gen 11:30) Strong, h6135

Gen 11:30

Now Sarai was childless (ah-KAR) because she was not able to conceive.

12 times in 12 WLC verses

49G. Infertile, STAY-rah (Luk 1:7) Strong, g4723

Luk 1:7

But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive (STAY-rah), and they were both very old.

5 times in 5 GNT verses

Total 17 times in 17 WLC and GNT verses

50H. Circumcision, MOOL (Gen 17:10) Strong, h4135

Gen 17:10

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised (MOOL).

36 times in 32 WLC verses

50G. Circumcision, peh-ree-TEM-no (Jhn 7:22) Strong, g4061

Jhn 7:22

Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (peh-ree-TEM-no) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise (peh-ree-TEM-no) a boy on the Sabbath.

36 times in 32 GNT verses

Total 72 times in 64 WLC and GNT verses

51. Circumcision, nah-MAHL (Gen 17:11) Strong, h5243

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (nah-MAHL), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

52. Foreskin, ahr-LAH (Gen 17:11) Strong, h6190

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of your foreskin (ahr-LAH), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

14 times in 14 WLC verses

53. Circumcision, moo-LAH (Exo 4:26) Strong, h4139

Exo 4:26

So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision (moo-LAH).

1 time in 1 WLC verse

54. Midwife, YEH-led (Gen 35:17) Strong, h3205

Gen 35:17

And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife (YEH-led) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

9 times in 8 WLC verses

55. Breast, SHAWD (Gen 49:25) Strong, h7699

Gen 49:25

Because of your father’s God, who helps you, because of the Almighty, who blesses you with blessings of the skies above, blessings of the deep springs below, blessings of the breast (SHAWD) and womb.

24 times in 24 WLC verses

56. Menstruation: The Way of Women, DEH-rek nah-SHEEM (Gen 31:35) Strong, h1870 and h802

Gen 31:35

Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period (DEH-rek nah-SHEEM).” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

57. Coitus Interruptus Ejaculation, shah-CHAWT (Gen 38:9) Strong, h7843

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled (shah-CHAWT) his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

Total Genesis 1069 Occurrences in 912 verses. REDO

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

64H. Sexual Safety Decline, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490

Gen 6:1

When human beings began (chah-LAWL) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them….

Gen 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded (chah-LAWL) to plant a vineyard.

Gen 49:4

Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled (chah-LAWL) it.

Lev 18:21

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane (chah-LAWL) the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Lev 19:29

“ ‘Do not degrade (chah-LAWL) your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

Lev 20:3

I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned (chah-LAWL) my holy name.

Lev 21:4

He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile (chah-LAWL) himself.

Lev 21:9

“ ‘If a priest’s daughter defiles (chah-LAWL) herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Lev 21:15

so that he will not defile (chah-LAWL) his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

Num 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began (chah-LAWL) to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,

Deu 28:30

You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin (chah-LAWL) to enjoy its fruit.

Jdg 13:5

You will become (chah-LAWL) pregnant and have a son whose head is never to be touched by a razor because the boy is to be a Nazirite, dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

Jdg 16:19

After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began (chah-LAWL) to subdue him. And his strength left him.

1Ch 5:1

Eze 20:24

because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.

Eze 20:39

As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane (chah-LAWL) my holy name with your gifts and idols.

Eze 22:8

You have despised my holy things and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths.

Eze 23:39

On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated (chah-LAWL) it. That is what they did in my house.

Eze 44:7

In addition to all your other detestable practices, you brought foreigners uncircumcised in heart and flesh into my sanctuary, desecrating (chah-LAWL) my temple while you offered me food, fat and blood, and you broke my covenant.

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

Mal 2:11

Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated (chah-LAWL) the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

20 times in 20 WLC verses

64G. Sexual Safety Decline, bah-DEH-loog-ma (Mat 24:15) Strong, g946

Mat 24:15

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, (bah-DEH-loog-ma)’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

6 times in 6 GNT verses

65. Coercive Sexual Intercourse, BO (Gen 6:4) Strong, h935

Gen 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went (BO) to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Gen 16:4

He slept (BO) with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Gen 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in (BO) and sleep with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with (BO) his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Gen 38:16

Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her by the roadside and said, “Come now (BO), let me sleep with you.” “And what will you give me to sleep with (BO) you?” she asked.

29 times in 29 WLC verses

66. Sexual Nihilism, Evil, RA (Gen 6:5) Strong, h7451

Gen 6:5

The LORD saw how great the wickedness (RA) of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil (RA) all the time.

Gen 8:21

Gen 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked (RA) and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Gen 28:8

Esau then realized how displeasing (RA) the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

Gen 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked (RA) in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.

Deu 22:14

and slanders her and gives her a bad (RA) name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

Deu 22:19

Deu 22:21

Deu 22:22

If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil (RA) from Israel.

Deu 22:24

Jdg 3:7

The Israelites did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Jdg 10:6

Again the Israelites did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD. They served the Baals and the Ashtoreths, and the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the Ammonites and the gods of the Philistines. And because the Israelites forsook the LORD and no longer served him,

2Sa 12:11

“This is what the LORD says: ‘Out of your own household I am going to bring calamity (RA) on you. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to one who is close to you, and he will sleep with your wives in broad daylight.’”

1Ki 11:6

So Solomon did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.

2Ki 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

Jer 23:14

16 times in 16 WLC verses

67. Sexually Transmitted Infections, NEH-gah (Gen 12:17) Strong, h5060

Gen 12:17

But the LORD inflicted serious diseases (NEH-gah) on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

78 times in 62 verses of the WLC

68. Sodom, (Gen 13:13) Strong, h5467

39 verses WLC

9 verses GNT

Total 48 times in 48 WLC and GNT verses

69. Coercive Intercourse, shah-CAWV (Gen 19:32) Strong, h7901

Gen 19:32

Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep (shah-CAWV) with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

54 times in 54 WLC verses

70-71. Rape, shah-KAWV ah-NAH (Gen 34:2) Strong, h7901 and

and h6031

Gen 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped (shah-KAWV ah-NAH) her.

Deu 22:29

He shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated (ah-NAH shah-KAWV) her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

2Sa 13:14

But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped (ah-NAH shah-KAWV) her.

Total 3 times in 3 WLC verses

72H. Sacred or Secular Sex Trafficking, zah-NAH (Gen 34:31) Strong, h2181

Gen 34:31

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute (zah-NAH)?”

93 times in 81 WLC verses

72G. Sacred Sex Trafficking, par-NAY-ah (Mat 5:32) Strong, g4202, g4203, g4204, g4205

Mat 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality (par-NAY-ah), makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

88 times in 76 verses GNT

Total 181 times in 157 WLC and GNT verses

73. Sex Trafficked Female and Sex Trafficked Male, kah-day-SHAW, kah-DEISH (Gen 38:21) Strong, h6948 and h6945

Gen 38:21

He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) here,” they said.

Gen 38:22

So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) here.’ ”

Deu 23:17

No Israelite man (kah-DEISH) or woman (kah-day-SHAW) is to become a shrine prostitute.

Hos 4:14

“I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes (kah-day-SHAW)— a people without understanding will come to ruin!

11 times in 10 WLC verses

December 10, 2025.Reading time 146 minutes.

Hope Experience

REV. GLEN MAIDEN PHD, DMIN, LMHC, CSAT, CMAT, CST, ANFT

11/16/25.Reading time 217 minutes.

Contents

Sexual Health Positive Terms………………………………………………………..………1-14

Reproductive and Anatomical…………………………………………….…….…….….…15-23

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms……………………………………………………..…………..24-42

Names and Locations for the Sacred Sex Trade……………………………..…….43-54

Sexual Health Positive Terms

1-2. Be Fruitful and Increase, pah-RAH rah-BAH (Gen 1:22) Strong, h6509 and h7235

New Testament

Gen 1:22

God blessed them and said, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.”

Gen 1:28

Gen 8:17

Gen 9:1

Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, “Be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number and fill the earth.

Gen 9:7

As for you, be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number; multiply on the earth and increase upon it.”

Gen 17:20

Gen 28:3

May God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers until you become a community of peoples.

Gen 35:11

And God said to him, “I am God Almighty; be fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) in number. A nation and a community of nations will come from you, and kings will be among your descendants.

Gen 47:27

Now the Israelites settled in Egypt in the region of Goshen. They acquired property there and were fruitful and increased (pah-RAH rah-BAH) greatly in number.

Gen 48:4

and said to me, ‘I am going to make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers. I will make you a community of peoples, and I will give this land as an everlasting possession to your descendants after you.’

Exo 1:7

but the Israelites were exceedingly fruitful (pah-RAH); they multiplied greatly, increased (rah-BAH) in numbers and became so numerous that the land was filled with them.

Lev 26:9

“ ‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase (pah-RAH rah-BAH) your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.

Jer 23:3

Eze 36:11

28 times in 14 WLC verses

3H. Sexual Connection, dah-BACH (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1692

Three uses of dah-BACH in the WLC connect to sexual contact. Genesis 2:24 is cited by Jesus as a healthy sexuality term for intercourse in covenant marriage. Genesis 34:3 is an unhealthy sexuality snap shot used in the rape of Dinah. 1 Kings 11:2 reports that Solomon had an unhealthy sexual connection to idolatrous political wives.

Gen 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united (dah-BACH) to his wife, and they become one flesh.

Gen 34:3

His heart was drawn (dah-BACH) to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

1Ki 11:2

3 times in 3 WLC verses

3G. Sexual Connection, kah-LA-oh (Mat 19:5) Strong, g2853

The term kah-LA-oh has a range of meaning: sexual intercourse, connection, contact, or parental affection. All three GNT uses of kah-LA-oh relate to sexual contact. Jesus uses kah-LA-oh in Matthew 19:5 for healthy genital sexual intercourse in marriage. Luk 15:15 cites this word in the context of the prodigal son’s unhealthy connection with a male Greek citizen. The prodigal’s brother will reflect later that the unhealthy behavior involved sex trafficking. “But when this son of yours who has squandered your property with prostitutes (female and or male sex traffickers, PAR-nay and or PAR-nos, Strong, g4204, g4205) comes home, you kill the fattened calf for him!” (Luke 15:30) Paul uses this term for genital intercourse with a sex trafficked female. (1Co 6:16) All citations relate to sexual contact. Dah-Bach and kah-LA-oh are used 6 times in Scripture. Two of the citations are used for sexual intimacy in covenantal marraige and 4 are used for unhealthy sexuality like rape, and sacred sex trafficking.

Mat 19:5

…and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united (kah-LA-oh) to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Luk 15:15

So he went and hired himself out (kah-LA-oh) to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.

1Co 6:16

Do you not know that he who unites (kah-LA-oh) himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

3 times in 3 GNT verses

Total 6 times in 6 WLC and GNT verses

4H. Sexual Intimacy, yah-DAH (Gen 4:1) Strong, h3045

Genital Sexual Intercourse, yah-DAH: (Genesis 4:1)

The premier sexual health word for genital sexual intercourse is a term built on intimacy formed within the PFC. Yah-DAH, יָדַע, “to know” or “be intimate with” can have a wide range of meaning literally, euphemistically, and inferentially. Yah-DAH occurs 947 times in the Hebrew Old Testament (Strong, H3045). Yah-DAH can mean to know by observation, by compassion, and causatively as in instructing, designating or punishing. Yah-DAH nuances include acknowledging, acquainting, advising, answering, and appointing. A range of intimacy meanings exist: aware, unaware, comprehension, considering, shrewdness, declaring, diligence, discerning, discovering, familiar friend or relation, feeling, and learning. Yah-DAH appears as the first and foremost intimacy term for genital intercourse within the sexual health-positive big picture of Genesis 1-5. Yah-DAH as genital sexual intercourse is only healthy and positive in the first four chapters of Genesis (Strong, H3045).

Yah-DAH appears three times in Genesis 1-5 for the intimacy of genital sexual intercourse. Three often occurs as Biblical literary device meaning completeness or wholeness.

Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.” (Genesis 4:1)

Cain made love to his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. (Genesis 4:17)

Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” (Genesis 4:25)

Seven times the sexual health use of yah-DAH appears in the Book of Genesis. Seven often symbolizes completion (Genesis 4:1,17, 25; 19:5, 8, 24:16, 38:26). The range of usage includes: sexual intimacy between Adam with Eve, 4:1, 25, and Cain having intercourse with his wife in 4:17. Yah-DAH then sharply contrasts the sexual health meaning of chapters 1-4 with coercive sexual abuse in Genesis 19. In the Sodom unhealthy sexuality snapshot of Genesis 19:3, the word yah-DAH appears within the threat of violent gang rape. The narrator of the Judah and Tamar seduction narrative of Genesis 38:16 explains that Judah ceased yah-DAH, sexual intercourse with his daughter in law, Tamar. She posed as a sacred sex trade worker to coerce a conception by seducing her father-in-law. Perhaps the author contrasts the sexual health meaning of yah-DAH with the violent snapshots of Sodom and coercion of Tamar with Judah? This may be the literary device called paradox. The word yah-DAH, for genital sexual intercourse appears seven times in the book of Genesis.

Sexual health: five times; Genesis 4:1,17, 25; 19:8, 24:16
Sexual abuse: two times; Genesis 19:5 and 38:26

The Book of Judges records a decline in sexual health for the people of Israel. Three of the citations refer to virginity as in a woman who had not “known” a man, meaning genital sexual intercourse. The Judges 19:22 passage mirrors the Genesis 19 account of the violent threat of gang rape. As Lot offered his daughters to a heterosexual mob in Genesis 19, the Judges 19 snapshot states, So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go (Judges 19:25). The term for rape is yah-DAH, mirroring the paradoxical use of the word in Genesis 19. This may be a teaching method to illustrate the irony of healthy sexuality compared to the trauma of erotic violence.

The books of Samuel and Kings use the sexual health term yah-DAH twice. Samuel uses yah-DAH for the intercourse with pregnancy of Hannah who gave birth to Samuel. The Kings citation reflects on King David’s failing health in latter years. The passage asserts King David did not have genital sexual intercourse (yah-DAH) with a young woman who attended to David’s physical need for warmth.

Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, with the Minor Prophets do not use the term yah-DAH for genital sexual intercourse. The Book of Hosea references unhealthy sexuality terms to describe the infidelity of the people of Israel toward God. Hosea marries a woman with a history of the sacred sex trafficking. She abandons her husband Hosea for sex trade customers. In a beautiful scene reflecting the intimacy of reconciliation, Hosea purchases his wife back from her handler, and reconciles with her. The term yah-DAH appears in parallel contrasting betrothal, sex trafficking, and a heart inclined toward the sacred sex trade. Jonah through Malachi have no references to yah-DAH as sexual intercourse.

The Writings do not use yah-DAH for genital sexual intercourse. It appears yah-DAH as sexual intimacy disappears from usage in the Bible beginning approximately 1000 BCE. This may be due to Greek influence. Scholars posit Goliath in the David snapshot may have been Greek (1 Samuel 17:23). DNA evidence from Palestinian archeological sites of the 10th century BCE may connect Goliath to Greek ancestry as well (Borschel-Dan, 2019). With the intrusion of Greek philosophy not only does yah-DAH as sexual intimacy disappear from usage, but the term for evil, RA, evolves as an ethical term rather than a loss of intimacy word approximately 1000 BCE.

The New Testament

The New Testament Greek term, ginosko, pronounced gi-NOE-skow, parallels the use of the Hebrew word, yah-DAH. Strong’s Concordance defines gi-NOE-skow in similar ways as yah-DAH. Specifically, Strong states that ginosko is a Jewish idiom for sexual intercourse (Strong, G1097). Gi-NOE-skow appears 222 times in 205 verses in the Greek New Testament. The term occurs twice, signifying genital sexual intercourse. The Matthew citation reflects the Genesis usage for genital sexual intercourse and the Luke passage identifies Mary as a virgin with the Hebrew phrase, “I have not known a man” (Matthew 1:25; Luke 1:34).

Gen 4:1

Adam made love to (yah-DAH) his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

Gen 4:17

Cain made love to (yah-DAH) his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch.

Gen 4:25

Adam made love to (yah-DAH) his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

Gen 19:5

They called to Lot, “Where are the men who came to you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex (yah-DAH) with them.”

Gen 19:8

Gen 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin; no man had ever slept with (yah-DAH) her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

Num 31:17

Now kill all the boys. And kill every woman who has slept with (yah-DAH) a man,

Num 31:18

…but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with (yah-DAH) a man.

Num 31:35

…and 32,000 women who had never slept with (yah-DAH) a man.

Jdg 19:5

But the men would not listen to him. So the man took his concubine and sent her outside to them, and they raped (yah-DAH) her and abused her throughout the night, and at dawn they let her go.

Jdg 19:22

Jdg 21:11

“This is what you are to do,” they said. “Kill every male and every woman who is not a virgin (yah-DAH).”

Jdg 21:12

They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with (yah-DAH) a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

1Ki 1:4

The woman was very beautiful; she took care of the king and waited on him, but the king had no sexual relations (yah-DAH) with her.

14 times in 14 WLC verses

4G. Sexual Intimacy, geh-NO-skow (Mat 1:25) Strong, g1097

Mat 1:25

But he did not consummate (geh-NO-skow) their marriage until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Luk 1:34

“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel, “since I am a virgin (since I have not known/geh-NO-skow a man) ?”

14 times in 14 WLC verses

2 times in 2 GNT verses

Total 16 times in 16 WLC and GNT verses

5H. Covenant, buh-REETH (Gen 6:18) Strong, h1285

Gen 6:18

But I will establish my covenant (buh-REETH) with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

284 times in 264 WLC verses

5G. Covenant, dia-THEY-kay (Mat 26:28) Strong, g1242

A Biblical covenant is a sacred intimate relationship established by God with humankind, involving promises, obligations, and blessings. Covenant forms a central theme from Genesis to Revelation. Key examples include Noah and no more global disasters for sin, Abraham and territory with identity, The Law of Moses qualifying the people of Israel, the dynastic rule of David, and the New Covenant of transformation through the atonement of Jesus Christ. These divine commitments, founded upon the Hebrew word, buh-REETH, frame God’s plan of sexual health, safety, and redemption, uniting people to Him through faith and intimate relationship through Jesus Christ.

Key Biblical Covenants

Noahic Covenant (Genesis 9): God promises all living creatures that He will never again destroy the earth by flood, symbolized by the rainbow.
Abrahamic Covenant (Genesis 12, 15): God promises Abraham land, numerous descendants, and that all peoples would be blessed through him.
Mosaic (Sinaitic) Covenant (Exodus 19-24): God gives the Law (including the Ten Commandments) to Israel, promising blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience, making them His holy nation.
Davidic Covenant (2 Samuel 7): God promises David an eternal dynasty and a perpetual throne, fulfilled in Jesus, the ultimate Son of David.
New Covenant (Jeremiah 31, Luke 22): Established through Jesus Christ, offering forgiveness of sins, a renewed relationship, and an internal law written on the heart by the Spirit, including both Jews and Gentiles.

Types of Covenants

Unconditional: God promises to act without requiring specific human action (e.g., Noahic, Davidic, New Covenant).
Conditional: Requires human faithfulness and obedience to receive blessings (e.g., Mosaic Covenant).

Mat 26:28

This is my blood of the covenant (dia-THEY-kay), which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

33 times in 30 verses of the GNT

Total 317 times in 294 verses

6-7. Recover Unhealthy Sexuality, kah-SAH ehr-VAH (Gen 9:23) h3680 and h6172

Perhaps one of the most beautiful images in Scripture reflecting the image of God in redemption is the phrase, kah-SAH ehr-VAH, recovering unhealthy sexuality. Genesis 9:23 is a snapshot intended to protect children from sexual contact within families. After surviving global sexual nihilism, Noah and his family plant a vineyard. Perhaps as a teaching piece on intoxication and regulating sexual neuro pathways, the text states that Noah got drunk. The daughters of Lot would also intoxicate their father to commit incest with their unconscious parent. (Genesis 19:30-38) While passed out from a drunken bender, Ham, his son, sees the nakedness of his father. This phrase mirrors similar wording from Leviticus 18, prohibiting sexual contact within families. Leviticus 18 uses the phrase “uncovering the nakedness of” as a euphemism for incestuous contact. In Genesis 9:23 the phrase “covering the nakedness” is used perhaps to show that Noah’s sons attempted to protect their mother and recover her from this sexual trauma while she and her husband lay intoxicated.

Hosea too cites this phrase, recovering unhealthy sexuality or covering the nakedness of. Israel normalized sex trafficking numerous times throughout her history. Hosea’s menu impresses: the dehumanizing gaze of a sex trafficker, adultery between breasts, compulsion for sex trade clientele obsessing for their payment of services, immersion in the religious sexeconomy of Baal’s sacred sex trafficking, and loss of intimacy with God. The results of her addiction, the inability to recover from unhealthy sexuality:

Hos 2:9

“Therefore, I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

The covering of the naked body,(kah-SAH and ehr-VAH) carries the meaning of safety, protection, and recovery from abuse.

Gen 9:23

Eze 16:8

Hos 2:9

“Therefore, I will take away my grain when it ripens, and my new wine when it is ready. I will take back my wool and my linen, intended to cover (kah-SAH) her naked body (ehr-VAH).

3 times in 3 WLC verses

7H. Bridegroom, chah-THAWN (Gen 19:12) Strong, h2860

Gen 19:12

The two men said to Lot, “Do you have anyone else here—sons-in-law (chah-THAWN), sons or daughters, or anyone else in the city who belongs to you? Get them out of here,

Appearing 20 times in 19 WLC verses

7G. Bridegroom, noom-PHONE (Mat 9:15) Strong, g3567

Mat 9:15

Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom (NOOM-phone) will be taken from them; then they will fast.

Appearing 3 times in 3 GNT verses

Total 23 times in 21 WLC and GNT verses

8. Genital Sexual Intercourse, Kah-RAV (Gen 20:4) Strong, h7126

Gen 20:4

Now Abimelek had not gone near (kah-RAV) her, so he said, “Lord, will you destroy an innocent nation?

Lev 18:19

Do not approach (kah-RAV) a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

Lev 18:6

No one is to approach (kah-RAV) any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

Isa 8:3

Then I made love (kah-RAV) to the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And the LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz.

Eze 18:6

He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations (kah-RAV) with a woman during her period.

5 times in 5 WLC verses

9H.Virgin, buh-TWO-lah (Gen 24:16) Strong, h1330

Gen 24:16

The woman was very beautiful, a virgin (buh-TWO-lah); no man had ever slept with her. She went down to the spring, filled her jar and came up again.

Appearing 50 times in 50 WLC verses

9G. Virgin, par-THEN-os (Mat 1:23) Strong, g3933

Mat 1:23

“The virgin (par-THEN-os) will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

Appearing 15 times in 15 GNT verses

Total 65 times in 65 WLC and GNT verses

10. Fall in Love, Lover, ah-HAWV (Gen 24:67) Strong, h157

Gen 24:67

Isaac brought her into the tent of his mother Sarah, and he married Rebekah. So she became his wife, and he loved (ah-HAWV) her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother’s death.

Gen 29:18

Jacob was in love (ah-HAWV) with Rachel and said, “I’ll work for you seven years in return for your younger daughter Rachel.”

Gen 29:20

So Jacob served seven years to get Rachel, but they seemed like only a few days to him because of his love (ah-HAWV) for her.

Gen 29:30

Jacob made love to Rachel also, and his love (ah-HAWV) for Rachel was greater than his love for Leah. And he worked for Laban another seven years.

Gen 29:32

Leah became pregnant and gave birth to a son. She named him Reuben, for she said, “It is because the LORD has seen my misery. Surely my husband will love (ah-HAWV) me now.”

Gen 34:3

His heart was drawn to Dinah daughter of Jacob; he loved (ah-HAWV) the young woman and spoke tenderly to her.

Deu 21:15

If a man has two wives, and he loves (ah-HAWV) one but not the other, and both bear him sons but the firstborn is the son of the wife he does not love,

47 times in 42 WLC verses

11. Foreplay to Intercourse or Seduction, yih-TSACH (Gen 26:8) Strong, h6711

Gen 26:8

When Isaac had been there a long time, Abimelek, king of the Philistines, looked down from a window and saw Isaac caressing (yih-TSACH) his wife Rebekah.

Gen 39:14

She called her household servants. “Look,” she said to them, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport (yih-TSACH) of us! He came in here to sleep with me, but I screamed.

Gen 39:17

Then she told him this story: “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport (yih-TSACH) of me.

3 times in 3 WLC verses

12H. Kiss, nah-SHAWK (Gen 27:26) Strong, h5401

Gen 27:26

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Come here, my son, and kiss (nah-SHAWK) me.”

30 times in 30 WLC verses

12G. Kiss, phi-LE-oh (Mat 26:48) Strong, g5368

Mat 26:48

Now the betrayer had arranged a signal with them: “The one I kiss (phi-LE-oh) is the man; arrest him.”

2 times in 2 verses of the GNT

Total 32 times in 32 WLC and GNT verses

13. Mandrakes, doo-DAI: (Gen 30:14) Strong, h1736

Gen 30:14

Appearing 7 times in 3 WLC verses

14. Fall in Love, chah-SHAWK (Gen 34:8) Strong, h2836

Gen 34:8

But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem has his heart set on (chah-SHAWK) your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

4 times in 4 WLC verses

15. Eunuch/Intersexual Traits, sah-REECE (Gen 37:36) Strong, h5631, g2135

Gen 37:36

Meanwhile, the Midianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Potiphar, one of Pharaoh’s officials (sah-REECE), the captain of the guard.

42 times in 42 WLC verses

8 times in 6 GNT verses

Total 50 times in 48 verses

16. Sexual Abstinence, nah-GAWSH (Exo 19:15) Strong, h5066

Exo 19:15

Then he said to the people, “Prepare yourselves for the third day. Abstain (nah-GAWSH) from sexual relations (nah-GAWSH).”

1 time in 1 WLC verse

17. Seduction, Allure, pah-THACH, (Exo 22:16) Strong, h6601

Exo 22:16

“If a man seduces (pah-THACH) a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife.

Job 31:9

“If my heart has been enticed (pah-THACH) by a woman, or if I have lurked at my neighbor’s door,

Hos 2:14

“Therefore I am now going to allure (pah-THACH) her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.

3 times in 3 WLC verses

18. Romantic Partner, ray-AH (Jer 3:1) Strong, h7453

Jer 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him and marries another man, should he return to her again? Would not the land be completely defiled? But you have lived as a prostitute with many lovers (ray-AH)— would you now return to me?”

Jer 3:20

But like a woman unfaithful to her husband (ray-AH), so you, Israel, have been unfaithful to me….

Jer 5:8

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife (ray-AH).

Hos 3:1

The LORD said to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man (ray-AH) and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.”

4 times in 4 WLC verses

19. Heavy Breathing Lover, ah-GAWV (Jer 4:30) Strong, h5689

Jer 4:30

What are you doing, you devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why highlight your eyes with makeup? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers (ah-GAWV) despise you; they want to kill you.

7 times in 7 WLC verses

20. Romance or Romantic Partner, DODE (Eze 16:8) Strong, h1730

Eze 16:8

“ ‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love (DODE), I spread the corner of my garment over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Pro 7:18

Come, let’s drink deeply of love (DODE) till morning; let’s enjoy ourselves with love (ah-HAWV)!

Sng 1:2

She: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— for your love (DODE) is more delightful than wine.

42 times in 35 WLC verses

21-22. Betrothal, Spread (pah-RAWSH) Corner of Garment (kah-NAWF) Over (Eze 16:8) Strong, h6566 and h3671

Eze 16:8

Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread (pah-RAWSH) the corner of my garment (kah-NAWF) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant with you, declares the Sovereign LORD, and you became mine.

Rth 3:9

“Who are you?” he asked. “I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread (pah-RAWSH) the corner of your garment (kah-NAWF) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer of our family.”

2 times in 2 WLC verses

23. Pleasure of Romance, ah-RAWV (Eze 16:37) Strong, h6149

Eze 16:37

Therefore I am going to gather all your lovers, with whom you found pleasure (ah-RAWV), those you loved as well as those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and will strip you in front of them, and they will see you stark naked.

1 time 1 WLC verse

24H. At-One-Ment/Intimacy, kah-PHAR (Eze 16:63) Strong, h3722

Eze 16:63

Then, when I make atonement (kah-PHAR) for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation (sexual shame), declares the Sovereign LORD.

103 times in 94 WLC verses

24G. At-One-Ment/Intimacy, he-la-STAY-ree-on (Rom 3:25) Strong, g2435

Rom 3:25

God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement (he-la-STAY-ree-on), through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished—

Heb 9:5

Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement (he-la-STAY-ree-on) cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

2 times in 2 GNT verses

Total 105 times in 96 verses

25. Sexual Intercourse, yah-CHAWM (Psa 51:5) Strong, h3179

Psa 51:5

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived (yah-CHAWM) me.

Ecc 4:11

Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm (yah-CHAWM) alone?

2 times in 2 WLC verses

26. Lover’s Bed, EH-resh (Pro 7:16) Strong, h6210

Pro 7:16

I have covered my bed (EH-resh) with colored linens from Egypt.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

27. Sexual Arousal, hah-MAH (Sng 5:4) Strong, h1993

Sng 5:4

My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening; my heart began to pound (hah-MAH) for him.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

28. Pleasure of Sexual Desire, nah-AIM (Sng 7:6) Strong, h5276

Sng 7:6

How beautiful you are and how pleasing (nah-AIM), my love, with your delights!

1 time in 1 WLC verse

29. Romantic Pleasure, tah-ah-NOOG (Sng 7:6) Strong, h8588

Sng 7:6

How beautiful you are and how pleasing, my love, with your delights (tah-ah-NOOG)!

2 time 2 WLC verses

30. Seduce, nah-TAH (Pro 7:21) Strong, h5186

Pro 7:21

With persuasive words she led him astray; she seduced (nah-TAH) him with her smooth talk.

1Ki 11:3

He had seven hundred wives of royal birth and three hundred concubines, and his wives led him astray (nah-TAH).

1Ki 11:4

As Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after (nah-TAH) other gods, and his heart was not fully devoted to the LORD his God, as the heart of David his father had been.

3 times in 3 WLC verses

31-32. Sexual Intercourse, Uncover the Feet, gah-LAH REH-ghel (Rth 3:4) Strong, h1540 and h4772

Rth 3:4

When he lies down, note the place where he is lying. Then go and uncover his feet (gah-LAH REH-ghel) and lie down. He will tell you what to do.”

Rth 3:7

When Boaz had finished eating and drinking and was in good spirits, he went over to lie down at the far end of the grain pile. Ruth approached quietly, uncovered his feet (gah-LAH REH-ghel) and lay down.

2 times in 2 WLC verses

33. Sexual Intimacy, kah-RAH (Job 31:10) Strong, h3766

Job 31:10

…then may my wife grind another man’s grain, and may other men sleep (kah-RAH) with her.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

34. Sexual Intercourse, nah-GAH (Pro 6:29) Strong, h5060

Pro 6:29

So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches (nah-GAH) her will go unpunished.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

35. Sexual Intimacy, phu-sih-KOS CHREI-sis (Rom 1:26) Strong, g5446

and g5540

Rom 1:26

Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations (phu-sih-KOS CHREI-sis) for unnatural ones.

Rom 1:27

In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations (phu-sih-KOS CHREI-sis) with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

2 times in 2 GNT verses

36. Sexual Intimacy, geh-NAY-then (Rom 7:3) Strong, g1096

Rom 7:3

So then, if she has sexual relations (geh-NAY-then) with another man while her husband is still alive, she is called an adulteress. But if her husband dies, she is released from that law and is not an adulteress if she marries (geh-NAY-then) another man.

2 times in 1 GNT verse

37. Genital Sexual Intercourse, KOI-tay, (Rom 9:10) Strong, g2845

Rom 9:10

Not only that, but Rebekah’s children were conceived (KOI-tay) at the same time by our father Isaac.

Rom 13:13

Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality (KOI-tay) and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

Heb 13:4

Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed (KOI-tay) kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral (PAR-nos, male sex traffickers).

3 times in 3 GNT verses

38. New Birth, ah-na-gen-NAH-oh (1Pe 1:3) Strong, g313

1Pe 1:3

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth (ah-na-gen-NAH-oh) into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

1 time in 1 GNT verse

Total Sexual Health Positive Terms 790 times in 719 verses of the WLC and GNT

Reproductive and Anatomical Terms

39H. Genital Tissue, bah-SAR (Gen 2:24) Strong, h1320

Gen 2:24

That is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, and they become one flesh (bah-SAR).

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of your foreskin), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

Gen 17:14

Any uncircumcised male, who has not been circumcised in the flesh (bah-SAR), will be cut off from his people; he has broken my covenant.

Gen 17:23

Gen 17:24

Abraham was ninety-nine years old when he was circumcised (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of the foreskin)

Exo 28:42

“Make linen undergarments as a covering for the body (bah-SAR), reaching from the waist to the thigh.

Lev 6:10

Lev 12:3

On the eighth day the boy is to be circumcised (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of his foreskin).

Lev 15:16

When a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his whole body (bah-SAR) with water, and he will be unclean till evening.

Lev 15:19

When a woman has her regular flow of blood (in her flesh (bah-SAR), the impurity of her monthly period will last seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean till evening.

Lev 18:6

No one is to approach any close relative (of his flesh, bah-SAR) to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

Eze 16:26

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals (bah-SAR), and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity.

Eze 23:20

There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals (bah-SAR) were like those (bah-SAR)of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses.

14 times in 13 WLC verses

39G. Genital Tissue, The Human Body, SARKS, (Mat 19:5) Strong, g4561

Mat 19:5

and said, “For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh (SARKS)”

Mat 19:6

So they are no longer two, but one flesh (SARKS). Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”

Mar 10:8

…and the two will become one flesh (SARKS). So they are no longer two, but one flesh (SARKS).

1Co 7:28

But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life (SARKS), and I want to spare you this.

Gal 5:19

The acts of the flesh (SARKS) are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery;

Gal 5:24

Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh (SARKS) with its passions and desires.

Eph 5:29

After all, no one ever hated their own body (SARKS), but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—

Eph 5:31

“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh (SARKS).”

Jde 1:7

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality(sex trafficking) and perversion (SARKS). They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

Jde 1:8

In the very same way, on the strength of their dreams these ungodly people pollute their own bodies (SARKS), reject authority and heap abuse on celestial beings.

Jde 1:23

…save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear—hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh (SARKS).

12 times in 11 GNT verses

Total 26 times in 24 WLC and GNT verses

40H. Naked, ah-ROME (Gen 2:25) Strong, h6174

Gen 2:25

Adam and his wife were both naked (ah-ROME), and they felt no shame.

15 times in 14 WLC verses

40G. Naked, GOOM-nos (Mar 14:52) Strong, g1131

15 times in 15 GNT verses

Total 30 times in 29 verses

41H. Seed, Offspring, Semen, zeh-RAH (Gen 1:11) Strong, h2232

229 times in 205 WLC verses

41G. Offspring, SPER-ma (Rev 12:17) Strong, g4690

Rev 12:17

Then the dragon was enraged at the woman and went off to wage war against the rest of her offspring (SPER-ma)—those who keep God’s commands and hold fast their testimony about Jesus.

43 times in 40 GNT verses

42. Sperm, spoe-RAH (1Pe 1:23) Strong, g4701

1Pe 1:23

For you have been born again, not of perishable seed (spoe-RAH), but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

43. Conception, Childbirth, heh-ray-YOWN (Gen 3:16) Strong, h2032

Gen 3:16

Rth 4:13

So Boaz took Ruth and she became his wife. When he made love to her, the LORD enabled her to conceive (heh-rey-OWN), and she gave birth to a son.

Hos 9:11

Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception (heh-rey-OWN) .

3 times in 3 WLC verses

44. Labor of Childbirth, oh-DEE-no (Gal 4:19) Strong, g5605

Gal 4:19

My dear children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth (oh-DEE-no) until Christ is formed in you,

Gal 4:27

Rev 12:2

She was pregnant (holding in the stomach) and cried out in pain (oh-DEE-no) as she was about to give birth.

3 times in 3 GNT verses

45. Intense Pain of Childbirth, soon-oh-DEE-no (Rom 8:22) Strong, g4944

Rom 8:22

We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains (soon-oh-DEE-no) of childbirth (TIK-toe) right up to the present time.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

46H. Give Birth To, YEH-led (Gen 3:16) Strong, h3205

500 times in 403 WLC verses

46G. Give Birth to,TIK-toe (Mat 1:21) Strong, g5088

Mat 1:21

She will give birth (TIK-toe) to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.”

18 times in 17 GNT verses

Total 518 times in 420 WLC and GNT verses

47H. Conceive, hah-RAH (Gen 4:1) Strong, h2029

Gen 4:1

Adam made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant (hah-RAH) and gave birth to Cain. She said, “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man.”

43 times in 42 WLC verses

47G. Conceive, (hold in the abdomen), EH-cho en gah-STREE (Mat 1:23) Strong, g2192 and g1064

Mat 1:23

“The virgin will conceive (hold in the abdomen) and give birth to (TIK-toe) a son, and they will call him Immanuel” (which means “God with us”).

8 times 8 in GNT verses

Total 51 times in 50 WLC and GNT verses

48. Conceive, sool-lawm-BAH-no, (Luk 2:21) Strong, g4815

6 times in 6 New Testament verses

Total 57 times in 56 WLC and GNT verses

49H. Sterile, ah-KAR (Gen 11:30) Strong, h6135

Gen 11:30

Now Sarai was childless (ah-KAR) because she was not able to conceive.

12 times in 12 WLC verses

49G. Sterile, STAY-rah (Luk 1:7) Strong, g4723

Luk 1:7

But they were childless because Elizabeth was not able to conceive (STAY-rah), and they were both very old.

5 times in 5 GNT verses

Total 17 times in 17 WLC and GNT verses

50H. Circumcision, MOOL (Gen 17:10) Strong, h4135

Gen 17:10

This is my covenant with you and your descendants after you, the covenant you are to keep: Every male among you shall be circumcised (MOOL).

36 times in 32 WLC verses

50G. Circumcision, peh-ree-TEM-no (Jhn 7:22) Strong, g4061

Jhn 7:22

Yet, because Moses gave you circumcision (peh-ree-TEM-no) (though actually it did not come from Moses, but from the patriarchs), you circumcise (peh-ree-TEM-no) a boy on the Sabbath.

36 times in 32 GNT verses

Total 72 times in 64 WLC and GNT verses

51. Circumcision, nah-MAHL (Gen 17:11) Strong, h5243

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (nah-MAHL), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

52. Foreskin, ahr-LAH (Gen 17:11) Strong, h6190

Gen 17:11

You are to undergo circumcision (in the flesh (bah-SAR) of your foreskin (ahr-LAH), and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and you.

14 times in 14 WLC verses

53. Circumcision, moo-LAH (Exo 4:26) Strong, h4139

Exo 4:26

So the LORD let him alone. (At that time she said “bridegroom of blood,” referring to circumcision (moo-LAH).

1 time in 1 WLC verse

54. Midwife, YEH-led (Gen 35:17) Strong, h3205

Gen 35:17

And as she was having great difficulty in childbirth, the midwife (YEH-led) said to her, “Don’t despair, for you have another son.”

9 times in 8 WLC verses

55. Breast, SHAWD (Gen 49:25) Strong, h7699

Gen 49:25

24 times in 24 WLC verses

56. Menstruation: The Way of Women, DEH-rek nah-SHEEM (Gen 31:35) Strong, h1870 and h802

Gen 31:35

Rachel said to her father, “Don’t be angry, my lord, that I cannot stand up in your presence; I’m having my period (DEH-rek nah-SHEEM).” So he searched but could not find the household gods.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

57. Coitus Interruptus, Birth Control, shah-CHAWT (Gen 38:9) Strong, h7843

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled (shah-CHAWT) his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

Total Genesis 1069 Occurrences in 912 verses. REDO

58. Genitalia, REH-gehl (Exo 4:25) Strong, h7272

Exo 4:25

But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet (REH-gehl) with it. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said.

Deu 28:57

the afterbirth from her womb (from between her feet, REH-gehl) and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.

Jdg 3:24

After he had gone, the servants came and found the doors of the upper room locked. They said, “He must be relieving himself (covering his feet, REH-gehl) in the inner room of the palace.”

1Sa 24:3

He came to the sheep pens along the way; a cave was there, and Saul went in to relieve himself (covering his feet, REH-gehl). David and his men were far back in the cave.

Isa 7:20

In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates River—the king of Assyria—to shave your heads and private parts (REH-gehl), and to cut off your beards also.

Eze 16:25

At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs (REH-gehl) with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.

6 times in 6 WLC verses

59. Miscarry or Abort, shah-KAWL (Exo 23:26) Strong, h7921

Exo 23:26

…and none will miscarry (shah-KAWL) or be barren in your land. I will give you a full life span.

24 times in 22 WLC verses

60-61. Ejaculation, zeh-RAH shah-kah-VAH (Lev 15:16) Strong, h2233 and h7902

Lev 15:16

“ ‘When a man has an emission of semen (zeh-RAH shah-kah-VAH), he must bathe his whole body with water, and he will be unclean till evening.

8 times in 7 WLC verses

62. Menstrual Cycle or Menstrual Cloth, dah-WHEY(Lev 15:33) Strong, h1739

Lev 15:33

…for a woman in her monthly period (dah-WHEY), for a man or a woman with a discharge, and for a man who has sexual relations with a woman who is ceremonially unclean.

5 times in 5 WLC verses

63. Intense Birth Pain, CHOOL (Deu 32:18) Strong, h2342

Deu 32:18

You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth (CHOOL).

14 times in 14 WLC verses

Total Occurrences 1101 times in 963 WLC and GNT verses

Unhealthy Sexuality Terms

64H. Sexual Safety Decline, chah-LAWL (Gen 6:1) Strong, h2490

The decline from sexual health and safety begins with the Hebrew word, chah-LAWL (Strong, h2490). This term, chah-LAWL, is an untranslatable “trigger word” indicating a decline in sexual health and safety throughout the Bible. Chah-LAWL means to profane, defile, pollute, desecrate, to begin, to defile oneself sexually, to wound, to pierce. The majority of uses for the Hebrew word, chah-LAW, connect to the decline of intimacy with God. It can mean “to begin”, but the majority use of the word appears as a term triggering sexual health and safety decline. Chah-LAWL as a word signaling decline from health to abuse adds clarity to the ark with flood snap shot of Genesis 6-9.

Gen 6:1

When human beings began (chah-LAWL) to increase in number on the earth and daughters were born to them,

Gen 9:20

Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded (chah-LAWL) to plant a vineyard.

Gen 49:4

Turbulent as the waters, you will no longer excel, for you went up onto your father’s bed, onto my couch and defiled (chah-LAWL) it.

Lev 18:21

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane (chah-LAWL) the name of your God. I am the LORD.

Lev 19:29

“ ‘Do not degrade (chah-LAWL) your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.

Lev 20:3

I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned (chah-LAWL) my holy name.

Lev 21:4

He must not make himself unclean for people related to him by marriage, and so defile (chah-LAWL) himself.

Lev 21:9

“ ‘If a priest’s daughter defiles (chah-LAWL) herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.

Lev 21:15

so that he will not defile (chah-LAWL) his offspring among his people. I am the LORD, who makes him holy.’ ”

Num 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began (chah-LAWL) to indulge in sexual immorality with Moabite women,

Deu 28:30

Jdg 13:5

Jdg 16:19

After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began (chah-LAWL) to subdue him. And his strength left him.

1Ch 5:1

Eze 20:24

because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents’ idols.

Eze 20:39

“ ‘As for you, people of Israel, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you! But afterward you will surely listen to me and no longer profane (chah-LAWL) my holy name with your gifts and idols.

Eze 22:8

You have despised my holy things and desecrated (chah-LAWL) my Sabbaths.

Eze 23:39

On the very day they sacrificed their children to their idols, they entered my sanctuary and desecrated (chah-LAWL) it. That is what they did in my house.

Eze 44:7

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

Mal 2:11

Judah has been unfaithful. A detestable thing has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem: Judah has desecrated (chah-LAWL) the sanctuary the LORD loves by marrying women who worship a foreign god.

20 times in 20 WLC verses

64G. Sexual Safety Decline, bah-DEH-loog-ma (Mat 24:15) Strong, g946

Mat 24:15

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination that causes desolation, (bah-DEH-loog-ma)’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—

Dan 11:31

“His armed forces will rise up to desecrate (chah-LAWL) the temple fortress and will abolish the daily sacrifice. Then they will set up the abomination that causes desolation.

6 times in 6 GNT verses

65. Coercive Sexual Intercourse, BO (Gen 6:4) Strong, h935

Gen 6:4

The Nephilim were on the earth in those days—and also afterward—when the sons of God went (BO) to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown.

Gen 16:4

He slept (BO) with Hagar, and she conceived. When she knew she was pregnant, she began to despise her mistress.

Gen 19:34

Gen 38:9

But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with (BO) his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

Gen 38:16

29 times in 29 WLC verses

66. Sexual Nihilism, Evil, RA (Gen 6:5) Strong, h7451

Gen 6:5

The LORD saw how great the wickedness (RA) of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil (RA) all the time.

Gen 8:21

Gen 13:13

Now the people of Sodom were wicked (RA) and were sinning greatly against the LORD.

Gen 28:8

Esau then realized how displeasing (RA) the Canaanite women were to his father Isaac;

Gen 38:7

But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked (RA) in the LORD’s sight; so the LORD put him to death.

Deu 22:14

and slanders her and gives her a bad (RA) name, saying, “I married this woman, but when I approached her, I did not find proof of her virginity,”

Deu 22:19

Deu 22:21

Deu 22:22

If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil (RA) from Israel.

Deu 22:24

Jdg 3:7

The Israelites did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

Jdg 10:6

2Sa 12:11

1Ki 11:6

So Solomon did evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD; he did not follow the LORD completely, as David his father had done.

2Ki 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They practiced divination and sought omens and sold themselves to do evil (RA) in the eyes of the LORD, arousing his anger.

Jer 23:14

16 times in 16 WLC verses

67. Sexually Transmitted Infections, NEH-gah (Gen 12:17) Strong, h5060

Gen 12:17

But the LORD inflicted serious diseases (neh-GAH ) on Pharaoh and his household because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

78 times in 62 verses of the WLC

68. Sodom, (Gen 13:13) Strong, h5467

39 verses WLC

9 verses GNT

Total 48 times in 48 WLC and GNT verses

69. Coercive/Violent Sexual Abuse, shah-CAWV (Gen 19:32) Strong, h7901

Shah-CAWV, to sleep, to bed, coercive/violent sexual abuse appears 213 times across 194 verses of the WLC (Westminster Leningrad Codex, the earliest scholarly Hebrew text). In 54 of those verses, shah-CAWV is used in sexual contexts. Within the Book of Genesis, shah-CAWV occurs 17 times for sexual assault. The Genesis author only uses shah-CAWV as coercive or violent abuse, such as in Sodom, the drugging and incestuous rape of Lot by his daughters, Abimelek’s rape concern, the exchange of sexual intercourse for hallucinogenic drugs/mandrakes, the rape of Dinah by a tribal chieftain, Reuben’s intercourse with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and the sexual harassment of Joseph by Potiphar’s wife.

Gen 19:32

Let’s get our father to drink wine and then sleep (shah-CAWV) with him and preserve our family line through our father.”

Gen 19:33

That night they got their father to drink wine, and the older daughter went in and slept (shah-CAWV) with him. He was not aware of it when she lay down (shah-CAWV) or when she got up.

Gen 19:34

The next day the older daughter said to the younger, “Last night I slept (shah-CAWV) with my father. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight, and you go in and sleep (shah-CAWV) with him so we can preserve our family line through our father.”

Gen 19:35

So they got their father to drink wine that night also, and the younger daughter went in and slept (shah-CAWV) with him. Again he was not aware of it when she lay down (shah-CAWV) or when she got up.

Gen 26:10

Then Abimelek said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the men might well have slept (shah-CAWV) with your wife, and you would have brought guilt upon us.”

Gen 30:15

But she said to her, “Wasn’t it enough that you took away my husband? Will you take my son’s mandrakes too?” “Very well,” Rachel said, “he can sleep (shah-CAWV) with you tonight in return for your son’s mandrakes.”

Gen 30:16

So when Jacob came in from the fields that evening, Leah went out to meet him. “You must sleep (shah-CAWV) with me,” she said. “I have hired you with my son’s mandrakes.” So he slept (shah-CAWV) with her that night.

Gen 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped (shah-CAWV) her.

Gen 34:7

Meanwhile, Jacob’s sons had come in from the fields as soon as they heard what had happened. They were shocked and furious, because Shechem had done an outrageous thing in Israel by sleeping (shah-CAWV) with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

Gen 35:22

While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept (shah-CAWV) with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:

Gen 39:7

and after a while his master’s wife took notice of Joseph and said, “Come to bed (shah-CAWV) with me!”

Gen 39:10

And though she spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed (shah-CAWV) with her or even be with her.

Gen 39:12

She caught him by his cloak and said, “Come to bed (shah-CAWV) with me!” But he left his cloak in her hand and ran out of the house.

70-71. Rape, shah-KAWV ah-NAH (Gen 34:2) Strong, h7901 and

and h6031

Gen 34:2

When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the ruler of that area, saw her, he took her and raped (shah-KAWV ah-NAH) her.

Deu 22:29

He shall pay her father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the young woman, for he has violated (ah-NAH shah-KAWV) her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

2Sa 13:14

But he refused to listen to her, and since he was stronger than she, he raped (ah-NAH shah-KAWV) her.

Total 3 times in 3 WLC verses

72H. Sacred or Secular Sex Trafficking, zah-NAH (Gen 34:31) Strong, h2181

Gen 34:31

But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute (zah-NAH)?”

93 times in 81 WLC verses

72G. Sacred Sex Trafficking, par-NAY-ah (Mat 5:32) Strong, g4202, g4203, g4204, g4205

Mat 5:32

But I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality (par-NAY-ah), makes her the victim of adultery, and anyone who marries a divorced woman commits adultery.

88 times in 76 verses GNT

Total 181 times in 157 WLC and GNT verses

73. Sex Trafficked Female and Sex Trafficked Male, kah-day-SHAW, kah-DEISH (Gen 38:21) Strong, h6948 and h6945

Gen 38:21

He asked the men who lived there, “Where is the shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) who was beside the road at Enaim?” “There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) here,” they said.

Gen 38:22

So he went back to Judah and said, “I didn’t find her. Besides, the men who lived there said, ‘There hasn’t been any shrine prostitute (kah-day-SHAW) here.’ ”

Deu 23:17

No Israelite man (kah-DEISH) or woman (kah-day-SHAW) is to become a shrine prostitute.

Hos 4:14

11 times in 10 WLC verses

74H. Adultery, nah-AWPH (Exo 20:14) Strong, h5003

Exo 20:14

You shall not commit adultery.

31 times in 26 WLC verses

74G. Adultery, moi-CHEW-oh (Mat 5:27) Strong, g3421

Mat 5:27

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery (moi-CHEW-oh).’ “

15 times in 15 GNT verses

Total 46 times in 41 WLC and GNT verses

75H. Covet, Desire, Erotic Rage, chah-MAWD, (Exo 20:17) Strong, h2530

Exo 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Gen 2:9

The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

Gen 3:6

When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

Exo 20:17

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Exo 34:24

I will drive out nations before you and enlarge your territory, and no one will covet your land when you go up three times each year to appear before the LORD your God.

Deu 5:21

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not set your desire (aw-VAW, howl like a dog, Strong, h183) on your neighbor’s house or land, his male or female servant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Deu 7:25

The images of their gods you are to burn in the fire. Do not covet the silver and gold on them, and do not take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it, for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

Jos 7:21

When I saw in the plunder a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver, and a bar of gold weighing fifty shekels, I coveted them and took them. They are hidden in the ground inside my tent, with the silver underneath.”

2Ch 20:25

So Jehoshaphat and his men went to carry off their plunder, and they found among them a great amount of equipment and clothing and also articles of value—more than they could take away. There was so much plunder that it took three days to collect it.

Job 20:20

Surely he will have no respite from his craving; he cannot save himself by his treasure.

Psa 19:10

They are more precious than gold, than much pure gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the honeycomb.

Psa 39:11

When you rebuke and discipline anyone for their sin, you consume their wealth like a moth— surely everyone is but a breath.

Psa 68:16

Why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?

Pro 1:22

“How long will you who are simple love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?

Pro 6:25

Do not lust in your heart after her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Pro 12:12

The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers, but the root of the righteous endures.

Pro 21:20

The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down.

Sng 2:3

She: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

Isa 1:29

“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

Isa 44:9

All who make idols are nothing, and the things they treasure are worthless. Those who would speak up for them are blind; they are ignorant, to their own shame.

Isa 53:2

He grew up before him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.

Dan 9:23

As soon as you began to pray, a word went out, which I have come to tell you, for you are highly esteemed. Therefore, consider the word and understand the vision:

Dan 10:3

I ate no choice food; no meat or wine touched my lips; and I used no lotions at all until the three weeks were over.

Dan 10:11

He said, “Daniel, you who are highly esteemed, consider carefully the words I am about to speak to you, and stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he said this to me, I stood up trembling.

Dan 10:19

“Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed,” he said. “Peace! Be strong now; be strong.” When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength.”

Dan 11:38

Instead of them, he will honor a god of fortresses; a god unknown to his ancestors he will honor with gold and silver, with precious stones and costly gifts.

Dan 11:43

He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and all the riches of Egypt, with the Libyans and Cushites in submission.

Mic 2:2

They covet fields and seize them, and houses, and take them. They defraud people of their homes, they rob ( extort, coerce, threaten, intimidate, aw-SHAWK, Strong, h6231) them of their inheritance.

75G. Covet, Desire, Erotic Rage, epi-thew-MEh-oh (Mat 5:28) Strong, g1937

Mat 5:28

But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully (epi-thew-MEH-oh) has already committed adultery with her in his heart.

Mat 13:17

For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

Luk 15:16

He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

Luk 16:21

and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.

Luk 17:22

Then he said to his disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.

Luk 22:15

And he said to them, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Act 20:33

I have not coveted anyone’s silver or gold or clothing.

Rom 7:7

What shall we say, then? Is the law sinful? Certainly not! Nevertheless, I would not have known what sin was had it not been for the law. For I would not have known what coveting really was if the law had not said, “You shall not covet.”

Rom 13:9

The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”

1Co 10:6

Now these things occurred as examples to keep us from setting our hearts on evil things as they did.

Gal 5:17

For the flesh desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are in conflict with each other, so you are not to do whatever you want.

1Ti 3:1

Here is a trustworthy saying: Whoever aspires to be an overseer desires a noble task.

Heb 6:11

We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

Jas 4:2

You desire but do not have, so you kill. You covet but you cannot get what you want, so you quarrel and fight. You do not have because you do not ask God.

1Pe 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things.

Rev 9:6

During those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.

Desire or erotic rage appears 28 times in 27 verses of the WLC. The Greek term for desire or erotic rage occurs 16 times in 16 verses of the GNT.

Total WLC and GNT appearances is 44 times in 43 verses.

76H. Incest, Sexual Abuse, Uncover the Nakedness, gah-LAH ahr-VAH (Lev 18:6) Strong, h1540 and h6172

Lev 18:6

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH). I am the LORD.

Lev 18:7

“ ‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

Lev 18:8

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.’ ”

Lev 18:9

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.’ “

Lev 18:10

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.’ “

Lev 18:11

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.’ “

Lev 18:12

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.’ “

Lev 18:13

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.’ “

Lev 18:14

“ ‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH); she is your aunt.’ “

Lev 18:15

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.’ “

Lev 18:16

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.’ “

Lev 18:17

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.’ “

Lev 18:18

“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with her while your wife is living.’ “

Lev 20:11

“ ‘If a man has sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.’ “

Lev 20:17

“ ‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) , it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.’ “

Lev 20:19

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.’ “

Lev 20:20

“ ‘If a man has sexual relations (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.’ “

Lev 20:21

“ ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother (gah-LAH ahr-VAH). They will be childless.’ “

Isa 47:3

Your nakedness will be exposed (gah-LAH ahr-VAH) and your shame uncovered. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.

19 times in 19 WLC verses

76G. Sexual Abuse, Sexual Shame, ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay (Rom 1:27) Strong, g808

Rom 1:27

In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful (ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay) acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

Rev 16:15

“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully (ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay) exposed.”

Sexual abuse or sexual shame is the Greek term ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay Strong, g808 for the incest prohibitions of Leviticus 18:18.

2 times in 2 GNT verses

77H. Sex Crimes, zee-MAH (Lev 18:17) Strong, h2154

Lev 18:17

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness (zee-MAH).’ “

Lev 19:29

“ ‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness (zee-MAH).

Lev 20:14

“ ‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness (zee-MAH) will be among you.’ “

Jdg 20:6

I took my concubine, cut her into pieces and sent one piece to each region of Israel’s inheritance, because they committed this lewd (zee-MAH) and outrageous act in Israel.

Eze 23:29

They will deal with you in hatred and take away everything you have worked for. They will leave you stark naked, and the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your lewdness (zee-MAH) and promiscuity….

Eze 23:35

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Since you have forgotten me and turned your back on me, you must bear the consequences of your lewdness (zee-MAH) and prostitution.”

29 times in 27 WLC verses

78G. Unhealthy Sexual Behaviors, toe-eh-VAH (Lev 18:22) Strong, h8441

Lev 18:22

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable (toe-eh-VAH).’ “

19 times in 19 WLC verses

79H. Animal Intercourse, rah-BAGH (Lev 18:23) Strong, h7903

Lev 18:23

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations (rah-BAGH) with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.’ “

Lev 20:16

“ ‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations (rah-BAGH) with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

2 times in 2 WLC verses

80-81H. Trafficking Humans in the Sex Trade, chah-LAWL zah-NAH (Lev 21:9)

Strong, h2490 and h2181

Lev 21:9

“ ‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute (chah-LAWL zah-NAH), she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.’ “

Num 25:1

While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality (chah-LAWL zah-NAH) with Moabite women,

2 times in 2 WLC verses

81-83. Evil in the Eyes of the Lord, RA (Deu 4:25) Strong, h7451, h5869, and h3068

Deu 4:25

After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger,

53 times in 53 WLC verses

84-85. Incest, Uncover the Skirt, gah-LAH kah-NAPH (Deu 22:30) Strong, h1540

and h3671

Deu 22:30

A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed (gah-LAH kah-NAPH).

Deu 27:20

“Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed (gah-LAH kah-NAPH).”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

2 times in 2 WLC verses

86. Sex Trafficking Income, eth-NAWN (Deu 23:18) Strong, h868

Deu 23:18

You must not bring the earnings (eth-NAWN) of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.

11 times in 8 WLC verses

87. Male Sex Trafficking Income, meh-CHERE (Deu 23:18) Strong, h4242

Deu 23:18

You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute (eth-NAWN) or of a male prostitute (meh-CHERE) into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

88. Sex Trafficked Male, Dog, kah-LEIV (Deu 23:18) Strong, h3611

Deu 23:18

You must not bring the earnings of a female prostitute or of a male prostitute (kah-LEIV) into the house of the LORD your God to pay any vow, because the LORD your God detests them both.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

89. Rape, shah-GAWL (Deu 28:30) Strong, h7693

Deu 28:30

You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape (shah-GAWL) her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.

Isa 13:16

Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes; their houses will be looted and their wives violated (shah-GAWL).

Jer 3:2

“Look up to the barren heights and see. Is there any place where you have not been ravished (shah-GAWL)? By the roadside you sat waiting for lovers, sat like a nomad in the desert. You have defiled the land with your prostitution and wickedness.

Zec 14:2

I will gather all the nations to Jerusalem to fight against it; the city will be captured, the houses ransacked, and the women raped (shah-GAWL). Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be taken from the city.

4 times in 4 WLC verses

90H. Sacred Sex Trade Idols, shaw-KOOTS ( Deu 29:17) Strong, h8251

Deu 29:17

You saw among them their detestable (shaw-KOOTS)images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

Dan 9:27

He will confirm a covenant with many for one ‘seven.’ In the middle of the ‘seven’ he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And at the temple he will set up an abomination (shaw-KOOTS) that causes desolation, until the end that is decreed is poured out on him.”

28 times in 26 WLC verses

90G. Sacred Sex Trade Idols, bah-DEH-loog-ma (Rev 17:4) Strong, g946

Rev 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things (bah-DEH-loog-ma) and the filth of her adulteries.

Mat 24:15

“So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination (bah-DEH-loog-ma) that causes desolation,’ spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—.

6 times in 6 GNT verses

91. Burn with Lust, chah-MAWM, (Isa 57:5) Strong, h2552

Isa 57:5

You burn with lust (chah-MAWM) among the oaks and under every spreading tree; you sacrifice your children in the ravines and under the overhanging crags.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

92-93. The Sound of Sex Trafficking, COLE zah-NOOT (Jer 3:9) Strong, h6963 and h2184

Jer 3:9

Because Israel’s immorality (COLE zah-NOOT) mattered so little to her, she defiled the land and committed adultery with stone and wood.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

94-95. Lusty Stallions, ZOON sue-SEEM (Jer 5:8) Strong, h7904 and h5483

Jer 5:8

They are well-fed, lusty stallions (ZOON sue-SEEM), each neighing for another man’s wife.

1 times in 1 WLC verse

96-97. Lift Skirts, gah-LAH SHOOL (Jer 13:22) Strong, h1540

and h7757

Jer 13:22

And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?”— it is because of your many sins that your skirts have been torn off (gah-LAH SHOOL) and your body mistreated.

Nah 3:5

“I am against you,” declares the LORD Almighty. “I will lift your skirts (gah-LAH SHOOL) over your face. I will show the nations your nakedness and the kingdoms your shame.

2 times in 2 WLC verses

98-99. Pull up your skirts, chah-SAWF SHOOL (Jer 13:26) Strong, h2834 and

h7757

Jer 13:26

I will pull up your skirts (chah-SAWF SHOOL) over your face that your shame may be seen—

1 time 1 WLC verse

100-101. Spread (pah-SHAWK) Legs (REH-gel) (Eze 16:25) Strong, h6589 and h7272

Eze 16:25

At every street corner, you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs (pah-SHAWK REH-gel) with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

102-103. Increase (rah-BAH) Trafficking for sex (zah-NAH) (Eze 16:25) Strong, h7235 and

h8457

Eze 16:25

At every street corner you built your lofty shrines and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity (rah-BAH zah-NAH) to anyone who passed by.

Eze 16:26

You engaged in prostitution with the Egyptians, your neighbors with large genitals, and aroused my anger with your increasing promiscuity (rah-BAH zah-NAH).

Eze 16:29

Then you increased your promiscuity (rah-BAH zah-NAH) to include Babylonia, a land of merchants, but even with this you were not satisfied.

Eze 23:19

Yet she became more and more promiscuous (rah-BAH zah-NAH) as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt.

8 times 4 WLC verses

104-105. Adultery Between Breasts, nah-AWF SHAWD (Hos 2:2) Strong, h5005 and

h7699

Hos 2:2

“Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts (nah-AWF SHAWD).

1 time in 1 WLC verse

106-107. Expose Female Genitalia , gah-LAH nah-beh-LOOTH (Hos 2:10) Strong, h1540 and h5040

Hos 2:10

So now I will expose her lewdness (gah-LAH nah-beh-LOOTH) before the eyes of her lovers; no one will take her out of my hands.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

108-109. Spirit of Sex Trafficking, roo-AUCH zah-NAH (Hos 4:12) Strong, h7307 and

h2183

Hos 4:12

My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution (roo-AUCH zah-NAH) leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

110. Sexual Abuse, yah-LAWK (Amo 2:7) Strong, h3212

Amo 2:7

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the ground and deny justice to the oppressed. Father and son use (yah-LAWK) the same girl and so profane (chah-LAWL) my holy name.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

The Gospels and Acts

111. Abuse, on-ei-DI-dzo (Mat 5:11) Strong, g3679

Mat 5:11

“Blessed are you when people insult (on-ei-DI-dzo) you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me.

Mat 27:44

In the same way the rebels who were crucified with him also heaped insults (on-ei-DI-dzo) on him.

Mar 15:32

Let this Messiah, this king of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe.” Those crucified with him also heaped insults (on-ei-DI-dzo) on him.

Luk 6:22

Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult (on-ei-DI-dzo) you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man.

Rom 15:3

For even Christ did not please himself but, as it is written: “The insults (on-ei-DI-dzo) of those who insult (on-ei-DI-dzo) you have fallen on me.”

1Pe 4:14

If you are insulted (on-ei-DI-dzo) because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

7 times in 6 GNT verses

112. Lewdness, ah-SELL-gay-ah (Mar 7:22) Strong, g766

Mar 7:22

…adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness (ah-SELL-gay-ah) ,envy, slander, arrogance and folly.

10 times in 10 GNT verses

Paul

113. Sex Offender, AH-rain (Rom 1:27) Strong, g730

Rom 1:27

In the same way the men (AH-rain) also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men (AH-rain) committed shameful acts with other men (AH-rain in AH-rain), and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.

One Old Testament term for AH-rain is zah-KAR, Strong, h2145.

9 times in the WLC the Hebrew word zah-KAR can mean male prepubescent child. (Genesis 1:27; Leviticus 12:2; Isaiah 66:7; Genesis 5:2; Leviticus 12:7; Leviticus 27:6; Numbers 5:3; Leviticus 18:22; Leviticus 20:13) The prohibition for intercourse with a male in Leviticus 18:22 and Leviticus 20:13 can be translated sex offending with a male prepubescent child.

3 times in 2 GNT verses

76G. Sexual Abuse, Sexual Shame, ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay (Rom 1:27) Strong, g808

Rom 1:27

Rev 16:15

“Look, I come like a thief! Blessed is the one who stays awake and remains clothed, so as not to go naked and be shamefully (ah-sche-mah-SUE-nay) exposed.”

2 times in 2 GNT verses

115. Sex Trafficking Exploitation, ma-LEW-no (1Co 8:7) Strong, g3435

1Co 8:7

But not everyone possesses this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak, it is defiled (ma-LEW-no).

Rev 3:4

Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled (ma-LEW-no)their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy.

Rev 14:4

These are those who did not defile (ma-LEW-no) themselves with women, for they remained virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever he goes. They were purchased from among mankind and offered as firstfruits to God and the Lamb.

3 times in 3 GNT verses

116. Sexual Trauma, a-KA-thar-tos (Eph 5:5) Strong, g169

Eph 5:5

For of this you can be sure: No immoral (POR-nos-male sex trafficker), impure (a-KA-thar-tos) or greedy person—such a person is an idolater—has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

Rev 16:13

Then I saw three impure (a-KA-thar-tos) spirits that looked like frogs; they came out of the mouth of the dragon, out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth of the false prophet.

Rev 17:4

The woman was dressed in purple and scarlet, and was glittering with gold, precious stones and pearls. She held a golden cup in her hand, filled with abominable things and the filth (a-KA-thar-tos) of her adulteries.

Rev 18:2

With a mighty voice he shouted: “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!’ She has become a dwelling for demons and a haunt for every impure (a-KA-thar-tos) spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable animal.’”

4 total in 4 GNT verses

The General Epistles and Revelation

117. Compulsive Sex Trafficking, ek-por-NEW-oh (Jde 1:7) Strong, g1608

Jde 1:7

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality (ek-par-NEW-oh) and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

118-119. Other Flesh, HEH-tew-ross SARKS (Jde 1:7) Strong, g2087 and g4561

Jde 1:7

In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion (HEH-tew-ross SARKS) . They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

120. Sexual Violence Image-Aphrodite, eh-paw-FRIH-dzoh (Jde 1:13) Strong, g1890 (possible)

Jde 1:13

They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up (eh-paw-FRIH-dzoh) their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

121-122. Lead Sex Trafficker, MAY-ter POR-nay (Rev 17:5)

Strong, g3384 and g4204

Rev 17:5

The name written on her forehead was a mystery: Babylon the great the mother of prostitutes (MAY-ter POR-nay) and of the abominations of the earth.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

Names of Traffickers, Locations, and Images for Sacred Sex Trafficking

123H. Babylon, bah-VAIL (Gen 10:10) Strong, h894

Gen 10:10

The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.

262 times in 233 verses in the WLC Hebrew

124G. Babylon (Rev 14:8) Strong, g897

Rev 14:8

A second angel followed and said, “ ‘Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great,’ which made all the nations drink the maddening wine of her adulteries.”

12 times in 11 GNT verses

Total 274 times in 244 WLC and GNT verses

125. Philistines (Gen 10:14) Strong, h6430

Gen 10:14

Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

275 times in 230 WLC verses

126. Sidon (Gen 10:15) Strong, h6721

Gen 10:15

Canaan was the father of Sidon his firstborn, and of the Hittites.

22 times in 22 WLC verses

127. Canaanites (Gen 10:18) Strong, h3669

Gen 10:18

Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites. Later the Canaanite clans scattered

73 times in 71 WLC verses

128. Aram (Gen 10:22) Strong, h758

Gen 10:22

The sons of Shem: Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

68 times in 68 WLC verses

68. Sodom, (Gen 13:13) Strong, h5467

39 verses WLC

9 verses GNT

Total 48 times in 48 verses of the WLC and GNT

129. Moab (Gen 19:37) Strong, h4124

Gen 19:37

The older daughter had a son, and she named him Moab; he is the father of the Moabites of today.

158 times in 131 WLC verses

130. Ammon (Gen 19:38) Strong, h5983

Gen 19:38

The younger daughter also had a son, and she named him Ben-Ammi; he is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Ammon 96 times in 88 WLC verses

131. Idol, teh-rah-PHEEM (Gen 31:19) Strong, h8655

Gen 31:19

When Laban had gone to shear his sheep, Rachel stole her father’s household gods (teh-rah-PHEEM).

15 times in 15 WLC verses

132-133. Other Gods, ah-chah-REEM ei-loe-HEEM (Exo 20:3) Strong, h312 and h430

Exo 20:3

“You shall have no other gods (ah-chah-REEM ei-loe-HEEM) before me.

146 times in 65 WLC verses

134. Sacred Stones, mah-tseh-VAH (Exo 23:24) Strong, h4676

Exo 23:24

Do not bow down before their gods or worship them or follow their practices. You must demolish them and break their sacred stones (mah-tseh-VAH) to pieces.

21 times in 21 WLC verses

135. Molten Idols, mah-seh-KAH (Exo 32:4) Strong, h4541

Exo 32:4

He took what they handed him and made it into an idol cast (mah-seh-KAH) in the shape of a calf, fashioning it with a tool. Then they said, “These are your gods, Israel, who brought you up out of Egypt.”

28 times in 28 WLC verses

136. Asherah Pole, (Exo 34:13) Strong, h842

Exo 34:13

Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles.

40 times in 40 WLC verses

137. Molek, mahl-CAM (Lev 18:21) Strong, h4432

Lev 18:21

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

9 times in 9 verses

138. Molek (Lev 18:21) Strong, h4432

Lev 18:21

“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

9 times in 9 WLC verses

139. Idols, eh-LEEL, (Lev 19:4) Strong, h457

Lev 19:4

“ ‘Do not turn to idols (eh-LEEL) or make metal gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

20 times in 18 WLC verses

140. High Place for Sex Trafficking, bah-MAH (Lev 26:30) Strong, h1116

Lev 26:30

I will destroy your high places (bah-MAH), cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols, and I will abhor you.

53 times in 53 WLC verses

141. Idols and Idolatry, ghih-LOOL (Lev 26:30) Strong, h1544

Lev 26:30

I will destroy your high places, cut down your incense altars and pile your dead bodies on the lifeless forms of your idols (ghih-LOOL), and I will abhor you.

48 times in 45 WLC verses

142. Balak, (Num 22:5) Strong, h1111

Num 22:2

Now Balak son of Zippor saw all that Israel had done to the Amorites,

43 times in 40 WLC verses

Rev 2:14

Nevertheless, I have a few things against you: There are some among you who hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to entice the Israelites to sin so that they ate food sacrificed to idols and committed sexual immorality.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

143. Balaam, (Num 22:5) Strong, h1109

Num 22:5

…sent messengers to summon Balaam son of Beor, who was at Pethor, near the Euphrates River, in his native land. Balak said: “A people has come out of Egypt; they cover the face of the land and have settled next to me.”

61 times in 57 WLC verses

144. Chemosh, (Num 21:29) Strong, h3645

Num 21:29

Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites.

9 times in 8 verses

145. Image, Idol, tse-LEM (Num 33:52) Strong, h6754

Num 33:52

Drive out all the inhabitants of the land before you. Destroy all their carved images and their cast idols (tse-LEM), and demolish all their high places.

17 times in 15 WLC verses

146. Ashtoreth, (Deu 1:4) Strong, h6252

Deu 1:4

This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth.

12 times in 12 verses

147. Idols, PEH-sell (Deu 7:5) Strong, h6456

Deu 7:5

This is what you are to do to them: Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones, cut down their Asherah poles and burn their idols (PEH-sell) in the fire.

24 times in 24 WLC verses

148-149. High Hill, ROOM HAR (Deu 12:2) Strong, h7311 and h2022

Deu 12:2

Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains (ROOM HAR), on the hills and under every spreading tree, where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.

10 times in 5 WLC verses

150-151. Spreading Trees, rah-ah-NAWN ATES (Deu 12:2) Strong, h7488 and h6086

Deu 12:2

Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains, on the hills and under every spreading tree (rah-ah-NAWN ATES), where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.

24 times in 12 WLC verses

152. Idols, HEH-vell, (Deu 32:21) Strong, h1892

Deu 32:21

They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols (HEH-vell). I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

12 times in 12 verses (223)

153H. Valley of Ben Hinnom, (Jos 15:8) Strong, h1516 and h2011

Jos 15:8

Then it ran up the Valley of Ben Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem). From there it climbed to the top of the hill west of the Hinnom Valley at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.

28 times in 11 WLC verses

153G. Gehenna, Valley of Hinnom (Mat 5:22) Strong, g1067

Mat 5:22

But I tell you that anyone who is angry with a brother or sister will be subject to judgment. Again, anyone who says to a brother or sister, ‘Raca,’ is answerable to the court. And anyone who says, ‘You fool!’ will be in danger of the fire of hell (Gehenna).

12 times in 12 GNT verses

Total 40 times in 23 verses of the WLC and GNT

154. Baals, bah-AWL (Jdg 2:11) Strong, h1168

Jdg 2:11

Then the Israelites did evil in the eyes of the LORD and served the Baals.

80 times in 68 verses

155. Ephod, (Jdg 8:27) Strong, h646

Jdg 8:27

Gideon made the gold into an ephod, which he placed in Ophrah, his town. All Israel prostituted themselves by worshiping it there, and it became a snare to Gideon and his family.

6 times in 6 WLC verses

156. Dagon, (Jdg 16:23) Strong, h1712

Jdg 16:23

Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”

13 times in 7 verses

157. Images, ah-TSAV (1Sa 31:9) Strong, h6091

1Sa 31:9

They cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and they sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols (ah-TSAV) and among their people.

17 times in 17 verses

158H. Jezebel, (1Ki 16:31) Strong, h348

1Ki 16:31

He not only considered it trivial to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, but he also married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and began to serve Baal and worship him.

19 times in 17 WLC verses

158G. Jezebel, (Rev 2:20) Strong, g2403

Rev 2:20

Nevertheless, I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophet. By her teaching she misleads my servants into sexual immorality and the eating of food sacrificed to idols.

1 time in 1 GNT verse

159H. Baal Zebub (2Ki 1:2) Strong, h1176

2Ki 1:2

Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, “Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.”

4 times in 4 WLC verses

159G. Beelzebul (Mat 10:25) Strong, g954

Mat 10:25

It is enough for students to be like their teachers, and servants like their masters. If the head of the house has been called Beelzebul, how much more the members of his household!

7 times in 7 GNT verses

Total 11 times in 11 verses

160. Idolatrous Priests, coe-MER (2Ki 23:5) Strong, h3649

2Ki 23:5

He did away with the idolatrous priests appointed by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the towns of Judah and on those around Jerusalem—those who burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations and to all the starry hosts.3 times in

3 times in 3 WLC verses

161-162. Houses (by-ITH) for Sex Trafficking zah-NAH (Jer 5:7) Strong, h1004 and h2181

Jer 5:7

“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes (by-ITH zah-NAH).

1 time in 1 WLC verse

163. Idols, ah-TSAWV (Jer 44:19) Strong, h6087

Jer 44:19

The women added, “When we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, did not our husbands know that we were making cakes impressed with her image (ah-TSAWV) and pouring out drink offerings to her?”

2 times in 2 WLC verses

164-165. Mountaintops, ROWSH HAR (Eze 6:13) Strong, h7311and h2022

Eze 6:13

And they will know that I am the LORD, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill (ROWSH HAR) and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

Hos 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills (ROWSH HAR), under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

10 times in 10 WLC verses

166. Terebinth, eh-LAH (Eze 6:13) Strong, h424

Eze 6:13

And they will know that I am the LORD, when their people lie slain among their idols around their altars, on every high hill and on all the mountaintops, under every spreading tree and every leafy oak (eh-LAH)—places where they offered fragrant incense to all their idols.

Hos 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth (eh-LAH), where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

2 times in 2 verses

167. Lofty Shrines, rah-MAH (Eze 16:24) Strong, h7413

Eze 16:24

…you built a mound for yourself and made a lofty shrine (rah-MAH) in every public square.

Eze 16:25

At every street corner you built your lofty shrines (rah-MAH) and degraded your beauty, spreading your legs with increasing promiscuity to anyone who passed by.

Eze 16:31

When you built your mounds at every street corner and made your lofty shrines (rah-MAH) in every public square, you were unlike a prostitute, because you scorned payment.

Eze 16:39

Then I will deliver you into the hands of your lovers, and they will tear down your mounds and destroy your lofty shrines (rah-MAH). They will strip you of your clothes and take your fine jewelry and leave you stark naked.

4 times in 4 WLC verses

168. Mountain Shrines Where Sacred Sex Trafficking is Practiced, HAR (Eze 18:6) Strong, h2022

Eze 18:6

He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.

13 times in 13 WLC verses

169. Ohalah, Female Sacred Sex Trade Trafficker, (Eze 23:4) Strong, h170

170. Oholibah, Female Sacred Sex Trade Trafficker, (Eze 23:4) Strong, h172

Eze 23:4

The older was named Oholah, and her sister was Oholibah. They were mine and gave birth to sons and daughters. Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.

Eze 23:36

The LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you judge Oholah and Oholibah? Then confront them with their detestable practices,

Eze 23:44

And they slept with her. As men sleep with a prostitute, so they slept with those lewd women, Oholah and Oholibah.

8 times in 3 WLC verses

171. Ionia Greece, Sex Trafficking Region (Eze 27:13) Strong, h3120

172. Tubal, Sex Trafficking Region (Eze 27:13) Strong, h8422

173. Meshek, Sex Trafficking Region (Eze 27:13) Strong, h4902

Eze 27:13

Greece, Tubal and Meshek did business with you; they traded human beings and articles of bronze for your wares.

3 times in 1 WLC verse

174. Wooden Idol or Tree, EITZ, (Hos 4:12) Strong, h6086

Hos 4:12

My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.

16 times in 16 WLC verses

175. Oak, ah-LOAN (Hos 4:13) Strong, h424

Hos 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak (ah-LOAN), poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

1 time in 1 WLC verse

176. Poplar, lib-NEY (Hos 4:13) Strong, h3839

Hos 4:13

They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar (lib-NEY) and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

1 time in 1 verse

177. Idols, EYE-doe-lawn (Act 7:41) Strong, g1497

Act 7:41

That was the time they made an idol (EYE-doe-lawn) in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.

11 times in 11 verses

178. Zeus, (Act 14:12) Strong, g2203

Act 14:12

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

Act 14:13

The priest of Zeus, whose temple was just outside the city, brought bulls and wreaths to the city gates because he and the crowd wanted to offer sacrifices to them.

2 times in 2 verses

179. Hermes, (Act 14:12) Strong, g2060

Act 14:12

Barnabas they called Zeus, and Paul they called Hermes because he was the chief speaker.

Rom 16:14

Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas (from the root g2060 a teller, or herald)and the other brothers and sisters with them.

2 times in 2 GNT verses

180. Artemis, (Act 19:24) Strong, g735

Act 19:24

A silversmith named Demetrius, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought in a lot of business for the craftsmen there.

Act 19:27

There is danger not only that our trade will lose its good name, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited; and the goddess herself, who is worshiped throughout the province of Asia and the world, will be robbed of her divine majesty.”

Act 19:28

When they heard this, they were furious and began shouting: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Act 19:34

But when they realized he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

Act 19:35

The city clerk quieted the crowd and said: “Fellow Ephesians, doesn’t all the world know that the city of Ephesus is the guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

5 times in 5 GNT verses

Total 1927 occurrences in 1639 WLC verses

Total Occurrences

Total Sexual Health Positive Terms 790 times in 719 verses of the WLC and GNT

Total Reproductive and Anatomical Occurrences 1101 times in 963 WLC and GNT verses

Total Unhealthy Sexuality Terms 1955 occurrences in 1665 WLC verses

Total 3846 occurrences in 3347 WLC and GNT verses

Key Vocabulary for Teaching Children Sexual Health and Safety 12/10/25

December 10, 2025.Reading time 72 minutes.

Key Vocabulary

Child Development Ages 0-18

Ages 0-5

Key developmental areas

Ages 6-11

Physical development

Motor skills: Greater strength and coordination allow for more complex activities like dancing, playing a musical instrument, or riding a bike. They develop finer motor skills for tasks like tying shoelaces and using tools.
Physical activity: They have high energy levels and enjoy active play, team sports, and using their bodies for creative expression, like drawing or painting.

Spiritual development

Children can pray and help read Scripture at meals.

Thinking skills: They move from magical to concrete logical thinking, allowing them to solve problems, understand concepts like time and fractions, and grasp that objects can be categorized. Children can be taught how to regulate their emotions. This is essential foundation for regulating sexual neuro pathways in adolescence.
Problem-solving and memory: They improve their ability to focus, organize, and plan ahead. They can also remember information for longer periods and use strategies to help them learn.
Language: Their speech is nearly adult-level, and they can read and understand more complex sentences. They read for pleasure and to learn new things.
Curiosity and questioning: They ask “why and where do babies come from”, question things they don’t understand, and seek justifications for how things are. This is an excellent time to talk through the non-shaming images and terms of Genesis 1-5. Reading through the Noah snap shot on sexual safety is also appropriate.

Social development

Friendships: Friends become increasingly important, and they may have several close friends, often playing with same-gender groups.
Social skills: They learn to cooperate and share, but also experience jealousy. They become more aware of social group dynamics and may use language to include or exclude others.
Role models: They admire and imitate older youth and adults, sometimes questioning authority as they get older.

Emotional development

Self-Regulation: They are better at managing emotions like anger than before, though temper tantrums can still occur. Teaching children how to regulate their anxiety with emotions can assist in regulating sexual neural pathways during puberty.
Empathy: They develop a stronger sense of empathy and can better understand and consider the feelings of others. Introd
Decreasing Shame: They are developing a sense of body image and can be sensitive about being compared to peers. When sexual health and safety are spoken of, it is important to do so without shame.
Values: They begin to develop their own set of sexual health values and a personal worldview, understanding concepts like fairness and sexual mores.

Ages 12-18

Cognitive development

Abstract thinking: The ability to think about abstract concepts, such as spirituality, the Bible, philosophy, politics, and sexuality, develops significantly.
Long-term planning: Adolescents begin to set long-term goals and think about their future.
Reasoning and debate: They can reason from general principles and start to form their own ideas, question authority, and debate different points of view.
Self-awareness: They become more aware of their own thought processes and become more self-conscious.

Social and emotional development

Independence: A strong drive for independence emerges, with adolescents often turning to friends for support rather than parents.
Peer relationships: Fitting in with a chosen peer group becomes a major focus, influencing spiritual values, interests, sexuality, and appearance.
Identity formation: They begin to form their own spiritual identity, which can involve questioning old values and exploring new roles and interests.
Emotional swings: They may experience strong emotional swings, increased self-consciousness, and moodiness due to hormonal changes and identity struggles.

Physical development

Puberty: Boys and girls go through puberty, which involves the development of secondary sexual characteristics like pubic and underarm hair, with significant growth. This is the age when intersex traits may appear.
Growth spurts: A rapid increase in height and weight is common during this stage.
Body image: Physical attractiveness becomes very important, and adolescents are often more self-conscious about their changing bodies.
Hormonal changes: Hormonal fluctuations can lead to physical changes like acne, as well as emotional outbursts and mood swings.

Effectiveness

High failure rate: Coitus interruptus has a high failure rate, even with “typical use,” which includes accidental or incorrect use.
“Perfect use” vs. “typical use”: A large-scale study in England and Scotland found a typical use failure rate of 6.7 per 100 woman-years of use, while perfect use rates are significantly better but still carry risks.
Pre-ejaculatory fluid: Pre-ejaculatory fluid can contain sperm, and this fluid can be released before ejaculation, potentially leading to pregnancy.

The fifth century AD Etymologicon by Orion of Thebes cites an early definition for the eunuch: guarding the bed and being deprived of male to female sexual intercourse.

And let no eunuch (sah-REECE) complain,

“I am only a dry tree.”

For this is what the Lord says:

“To the eunuchs (sah-REECE) who keep my Sabbaths,

who choose what pleases me

and hold fast to my covenant—

to them I will give within my temple and its walls

a memorial and a name

better than sons and daughters;

I will give them an everlasting name

that will endure forever.

Intersex-eunuch passages in Matthew 19 and perhaps Acts 8 appear without condemnation as well. The Acts snapshot with the Ethiopian eunuch and Phillip communicates honor and dignity.

How euphemisms decrease shame

Softens harsh realities: Euphemisms replace blunt words with gentler ones. For example, saying someone “passed away” instead of “died” reduces the immediate shock and discomfort.
Encourages truthfulness: By creating a less confrontational atmosphere, euphemisms can encourage a hesitant person to share the truth, such as using “missed work unexpectedly” instead of “called in sick” to ask about absenteeism. In the same way “uncover the nakedness of” is a euphemism lowering shame to prevent sexual contact within families.

Lev 18:3

You must not do as they do in Egypt (incest), where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

Lev 18:6

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations (uncover the nakedness of). I am the LORD.

Effects and Dangers

Hallucinogenic & Deliriant: Mandrake can cause vivid hallucinations and a state of delirium, which in large doses may lead to madness.
Narcotic & Sedative: Historically, it was used as an anesthetic for surgery in ancient times because it induces a state of unconsciousness and indifference to pain.
Highly Poisonous: All parts of the Mandragora plant are poisonous. The concentration of alkaloids varies between individual plants, making safe dosing nearly impossible and accidental poisoning a significant risk.
Physical Symptoms of Poisoning: Ingestion can lead to severe symptoms including blurred vision, dilated pupils, dry mouth, difficulty urinating, dizziness, headache, rapid heart rate (tachycardia), and vomiting.
Risk of Death: In sufficient quantities, the plant can cause respiratory arrest, coma, and death due to its anticholinergic properties.