Every genie story grants three wishes,... and the lesson is, no matter how carefully you word your wish, it will have another interpretation...
The lesson on the surface of these tales is,... be careful what you wish for...
...the lesson beneath is,... no action is without unexpected consequence....
...or,.. all things are open to interpretation...
Even,... "Thou shalt not kill"...
Humans?... animals?... plants?... unborn?... guilty?...
self defense?...
Literally,.. we shalt not kill... anything....
We all die of starvation...
Oh no,.. don't be ridiculous...
We all know what he meant....