Evidence from Gen 1-5 for Complementarianism

Below are nine evidences from Gen 1-5 that man’s leadership is an order of creation, not a result of the Fall (taken from the Piper video series "What's the Difference" session 4).

1.      The creation of man and woman equally in God’s image but with a representative leadership function implied for man (Gen. 1:26-27). The word “man” in the text is “adam” in Hebrew.  Both man and woman are created in God’s image (v. 27c), yet “man” seems to be given as the representative for both male and female (v. 26, 27a).
 
2.      Man is created first and then woman (Gen 2:7, 18, 22; 1 Tim. 2:13). God could have created Adam and Eve simultaneously or made woman first.  Yet, he creates man first, and this order indicates something of man going first as leader.
 
3.      Man is given the moral teaching to pass on to woman (Gen 2:15-17).The command not to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is given to man, before the creation of woman.  It is not repeated by God to the woman, and it is implied that Adam has the responsibility to pass it on to Eve.
 
4.      Woman was created from man and is presented as a helper suitable for him (Gen 2:18-23; 1 Cor. 11:9-10). The idea of helper is one who comes alongside to provide assistance in accomplishing God given tasks, and not that she is stronger or superior to man (as when God is referred to as a helper to his people).
 
5.      Man names woman (Gen 2:23).This is a significant leadership function.  This shows he has authority and leadership.
 
6.      The serpent undermines the roles ordained by God and draws Adam and Eve into a deadly role reversal with God and each other (Gen 3:1-6). Satan approaches Eve, not Adam who is “with her.”  Adam listened to her instead of leading her (Gen 3:17).  He listened to her interact with the Serpent and did not intervene (nothing indicates he listened to her persuade him to take of the fruit).  Satan is seeking to undermine Adam’s God given role as leader and Adam and Eve’s role as creatures under God.
 
7.      God calls the man to account first, not the woman (Gen 3:7-9).Woman is the initial spokesman to Satan, yet God calls Adam to account first.  He is called to account for eating of the fruit and listening to his wife (Gen 3:17).
 
8.      The curse of “desire” and “rule” show the futility of role corruption, [and not that different roles are a bad result of the fall] (Gen 3:16, 4:6-7). Her “desire” is a sinful impulse to control her husband (just as sin desired to rule over Cain).  Her husband shall “rule” over her and dominate her as Cain was supposed to do to the sin that was crouching at his door.  Neither of these are good things in the male/female relationship.  The fall brings in role corruption and twists God’s good created order.
 
9.      God named man and woman “man” (Gen 5:1-3). God named them “Man” which signifies man is the leader.