From history to the present, women have generally been subordinate to men. Within this relationship of subordination, women are given an existence, a destiny, and family roles. This situation, institutionalized under the name of patriarchal structure, has become an obstacle for women to develop and reveal their different talents by staying away from other areas of social life. There are approaches that suggest that Abrahamic religions had a significant impact on the institutionalization in which men and women were hierarchically positioned. In these religions, the legitimacy of this hierarchy is based on sacred texts related to the beginning of humanity, especially the original sin. For this reason, it is important to investigate the origin of the mentioned effect comparatively from the relevant holy book texts and traditional explanations. In this study prepared for this purpose, the role of women in the story of creation and original sin in the holy books of Abrahamic religions and the comments on this subject were examined comparatively. According to the results, the dominance of men over women in the family in Judaism and Christianity is a punishment that Eve received in response to her pioneering and encouraging Adam in committing the first sin in the creation story in the Torah. The fact that in the creation story it is mentioned that woman was created from the man's rib as a suitable helper for him, it can be understood that the two genders were created equal in the beginning. However, because the woman encouraged her husband to commit a sin that would bring death, her husband was made dominant over her. Although this situation is generally understood as women falling into a secondary status, it is difficult to say that we are talking about absolute dominance here. Death, which is the punishment for sin, is often interpreted as man's transformation from a pure and immortal being into a mortal being by acquiring the evil nature. In Christianity, there is a belief that the original sin, like its punishment, was transferred to the entire generation of Adam. However, it is believed that the New Testament not only provides the opportunity to be purified from the original sin thanks to baptism, but also provides the hierarchical relationship between husband and wife to return to its original state in creation, based on love and respect. Thus, although men and women became equal again, this was not the case in customs, especially before the Age of Enlightenment. In Islam, there is no narrative that portrays women as different or more flawed than men in any aspect of the creation story told in the Quran, including the original sin. However, in some interpretations of the relevant texts, discourses from previous religions were included, and these discourses were even supported by other religious evidence and developed to the detriment of women. Although equality as a servant is emphasized in Islamic culture, it is accepted that women should be subject to men, but in some approaches, this situation is turned into a positive situation by attributing it to the natural state of creation, not to the original sin. As a result, based on religious texts in Abrahamic religions, it cannot be concluded with certainty that men have absolute sovereignty over women within the family or other areas of society. However, it can be said that traditional family and social structures affect text interpretations. As a matter of fact, as in other patriarchal societies, in societies belonging to these religions, there have been approaches that claim that women should be passive and try to strengthen this with religious discourses.

Keywords: Quran, Torah, New Testament, Original Sin, Gender Hierarchy, Abrahamic Religions.