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Katherine Bushnell, in her book God's Word to Women, comes to a different conclusion. She studies the original Hebrew of this verse and ancient translations (such as the [[Septuagint]]) and translates the verse thus: "A snare hath increased thy sorrow and thy sighing. Thou art turning away to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." "Snare" refers to Satan's deception of Eve ("Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning" [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Corinthians%2011:3&version=49 2 Corinthians 11:3]), thus Satan, not God, is the source of Eve's sadness. She notes that Satan is cursed ("Cursed are you above all the livestock . . ." [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%203.14;&version=49; Genesis 3.14]) and Adam is cursed punished ("Cursed is the ground because of you . . ." [http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen%203.17&version=49 Genesis 3.17]) but Eve is notneither cursed nor punished. Bushnell's translation is explained in [http://godswordtowomen.org/resources/onlinebooks/lesson11-20.htm#LESSON Lessons 13-19].