Were Adam and Eve the first black people in the Bible?

Answer 1

The race of Adam and Eve is not mentioned in The Bible, but from an evolutionary point of view, they would most definitely have been black. We know this as, from a genetic point of view, black people have less additions to their DNA as the other homo-sapiens in the world; they are a sort of 'base-model' for the rest of humanity, and so if Adam and Eve were indeed the first humans, they would most deffinately have been black.

ANOTHER ANSWER:

The "inspired" word "man" or "mankind" [created in the image of God] in the original Hebrew manuscripts is " 'adam":

"And said God, Let us make MANKIND ['adam] in Our image, according to Our likeness..." (Gen.1:26 LITLiteral Bible w/Strong's Definitions).

Strong's Definitions defines " 'adam" [aw-dawm'] as "RUDDY"... or RED! With the connotation probably referring to the "red clay" of the earth from which God made man.

Little else in the creation account makes any reference to man's color. God included all of the genetic traits [color, race, etc., that are evident today] within the man that would eventually emerge among the generations of mankind with the passage of time.

So, according to the creation account in the Bible... the first "man" [and probably the woman, too, who was created FROM the man] were RED. Because that's what " 'adam" means.

Answer:

According to Jewish tradition, Adam and Eve were either what we would describe today as Caucasian or Mediterranean in appearance.