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If you are thinking of man in relation to Adam being made before Eve then the answer would be this:

Firstly, it must be understood that both the man and the woman were creations of God and both in His image and so equal before God in that respect. They were equally accountable and equally responsible and equally able to relate to God.

Secondly, it is understood in the ancient usage that what comes first has priority in terms of authority and leadership. This is reflected in the importance, for example, of the first-born. In the light of the first point it must be remembered that authority and leadership do not necessarily have in biblical terms the negative connotation they have taken on in recent times.

Thirdly, it must also be recognized that Adam was incomplete without the woman. She is thus clearly in the biblical account 'the completer not the competer.' Man was alone without her. Also, although it is written in a way which describes and explains the process from a human perspective, it is also clear that God must have already known the necessity for woman to be created and always planned it that way. The demonstration of man's incompleteness without the woman was shown by man's

incompatibility with the animals and his lack of corresponsdence with them. Onlt the woman was good enough. This elevates her rather than downgrades her.

Fourthly, the demonstration of man's incompleteness without the woman shows that in God's eyes it is not just 'a man's world'. Humanity, to be fully what it is made to be needs both male and femele. Or to put it differently, man equals male and female. Man is thus not really a free-agent to act and think as he likes without reference to anyone else.

Summary:

Although the making of the man first implies, as is stated as well, a position of leadership by right of being first, it also implies a number of other things which are connected with it.

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