Adam: Who Was He?
by Owen Borville
August 21, 2019
Bible
The Book of Genesis describes Adam as the first man on Earth who was created by God on the sixth day of Creation Week (Genesis 1:26).
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31 KJV).
God had already created the heavens and the Earth in addition to all other life on Earth and God gave man permission to use the things that He created. The creation of man was God's final creation.
Genesis 2:7 further explains the creation of man:
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
It had not rained yet, but God caused a mist to come from the Earth and water the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:6).
God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed (Genesis 2:8).
Out of the ground God caused every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food along with the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9).
God put the man he created in the garden "to dress it and keep it" (Genesis 2:15).
Man was warned of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and was instructed by God not to eat of it (Genesis 2:17).
God saw that the man, who was named Adam, needed a helper in addition to the animals, therefore he created the first woman, whom Adam named Eve:
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh (Genesis 2:21-24).
by Owen Borville
August 21, 2019
Bible
The Book of Genesis describes Adam as the first man on Earth who was created by God on the sixth day of Creation Week (Genesis 1:26).
26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. 29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. 30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31 KJV).
God had already created the heavens and the Earth in addition to all other life on Earth and God gave man permission to use the things that He created. The creation of man was God's final creation.
Genesis 2:7 further explains the creation of man:
7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
It had not rained yet, but God caused a mist to come from the Earth and water the whole face of the ground (Genesis 2:6).
God planted a garden eastward in Eden and there he put the man whom he had formed (Genesis 2:8).
Out of the ground God caused every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food along with the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:9).
God put the man he created in the garden "to dress it and keep it" (Genesis 2:15).
Man was warned of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and was instructed by God not to eat of it (Genesis 2:17).
God saw that the man, who was named Adam, needed a helper in addition to the animals, therefore he created the first woman, whom Adam named Eve:
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23 And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh (Genesis 2:21-24).
