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Adam and Eve
The account of Adam and Eve is one of the world's best known creation stories. It also serves as the basis for three major world religions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. Typical questions by contributors include the story's relationship to other religious writings, parallels with other creation stories, impacts on world art and literature, and collaboration by science.
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What evidence is there that Lilith Adam's supposed first wife existed?
There is no evidence that either Lilith or Adam ever existed. Lilith is probably based on the Babylonian demoness, Lilitu. There may be one reference to Lilith in the Old Testament. Some believe the original Hebrew word in Isaiah 34:14 should rendered as "Lilith", instead of the customary "screech owls".
Why did Adam and Eve eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil?
There were two forbidden trees in the Garden of Eden: the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
If Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of Life they would become immortal like the gods, but in their innocence they did not realise they would one day die, so this fruit was of no interest to them. By eating of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil they would become like the gods (Genesis 3:22: "And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us..."). The only difference now between them and God (or the gods) was that they must die. By eating of the Tree of Life, they would then also be immortal.
In Genesis 3:24, God drove out the man and placed at the entrance to the Garden of Eden, cherubim and a flaming sword to keep [block] the way of the tree of life. In the Genesis story, Adam and Eve could not be allowed back, for fear they would eat of the second tree.
Who lived on earth before Adam and Eve?
According to tradition, Adam and Eve were the first human beings.
Note:
The creation of man is covered both in Genesis ch.1 (briefly) and ch.2 (at length).
Rashi commentary (2:8) explains that Genesis ch.1 and 2 form a single set of events, as chapter 2 expands the brief verses of ch.1 with further detail.
An attempt to split the text artificially has been perpetrated by people such as Wellhausen (the father of modern Biblical-criticism, 1844-1918) who suggested attributing the narrative to various authors, despite the Torah's explicit statement as to its provenance (Exodus 24:12, Deuteronomy 31:24). Wellhausen's claims have been debunked one by one, as archaeology and other disciplines have demonstrated the integrity of the Torah. No fragments have ever been found that would support his Documentary Hypothesis, which remains nothing more than an arbitrary claim, whose falsehood has been pointed out:
http://www.apologeticspress.org/apcontent.aspx?category=6&article=1131(a Christian author)
http://www.whoreallywrotethebible.com/excerpts/chapter4-1.php
http://www.pearlmancta.com/BiblicalcriticswrongRShlomoCohen.htm
And concerning evolution and the age of the Earth:
Where did Adam live after the garden of eden?
What did God promise before expelling Adam and Eve from the gardern?
God promised Adam and Eve that, as long as they were obedient to him, they would have everything they needed for happiness, and would live forever on a paradise earth.(Genesis 1:28-30)(Genesis 2:15-17)
God provided a beautiful earth for mankind(Psalm 115:16), and gave them the responsibility for it's upkeep, instructing them to care for it and all the creations on it. They were instructed to eat to satisfaction from the vegetation provided, have children and spread their human family and their beautiful garden worldwide. Instead, mankind chose a disobedient course, and lost it all.(Romans 5:12)
Is the mitochondrial Eve black?
Remember that the "mitochondrial Eve" is a popular term, but does not imply that she was the first woman on earth, just that mitochondrial DNA shows that all modern women are descended from her. Living at the same time would have been her mother, her mother-in-law and perhaps her sisters and sisters-in-law, as well as more distantly related females.
Scientists believe that the "mitochondrial Eve" lived in Africa and was black.
Is everyone descended from Adam and Eve?
Adam and Eve are an allegorical story from the Christian Bible. They are not actual people who existed. So all humans are not physically descended from two people, that would be impossible.
In the story, Eve is the originator of sinful thought and is the one who caves to temptation, which corresponds to the way of people. Eve represents humanity in the story.
According to the Bible in Genesis, God created Adam and Eve. They were the first souls on Earth. Western Science has another concept of how people came to be here on Earth; evolution.
AnswerWell, since Adam and Eve really did exist, then all people are indeed descended from both Adam and Eve. Because it takes male and female to have offspring. There is no way we could be descended from just Eve. It is objectively wrong to say we are not descended from both Adam and Eve.
What did god say to the snake when the snake told eve to eat the fruit?
He told her in manner of convincing her to believe his lie which he mixed with truth while steering her from the Most High's truth. He said they would not die, which was a lie, hence the death we have on earth today which would not be here had they not eaten from the tree. He said we'd know of good and evil which is true since we do know of it, but with that knowledge of it, people are free to act it out amongst each other and therefore cause more death.
What is the theme to the story of Adam and Eve?
The theme of the story of Adam and Eve is the interplay of joy, love, and sorrow in human lives. The love is shown by God's creation of the couple, and of the couple's enduring love for each other. The joy is shown in the couple's experience in the Garden of Eden, and in the birth of their children and their descendants. The sorrow is shown in the couple's expulsion from Eden, in the killing of their son Abel by their son Cain, and in Cain's running away.
Was Adam the first man God created?
In Genesis, chapter 1 and a reiteration in chapter 2 tells us the creation of the earth and of man. After God created all things He lastly created man to take charge of creation starting by putting him in the Garden of Eden. Man was made from the dust of the earth by God Himself and He breathed the breath of life into man, this man was Adam. Adam being created in the image and likeness of God was well equipped to, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it....." He was the first of all created human beings. Eve, his wife was created out of one of Adam's ribs, also by God Himself.
What was the covenant god made with Adam and Eve?
This first covenant was a conditional covenant. As such, it required obedience on Adam's part to enjoy the blessing. God gave Adam all the fruit and greens to eat, but Adam was prohibited from eating the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. This was the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. God warned Adam that if he ate of the fruit of that tree he would die. We can assume from this warning that Adam was created to live forever. However, he did eat of this fruit and he did die, both spiritually and then physically.
When Adam and Eve died did they go to heaven?
After a life of service to their family and fellow man they most certainly would have gone to heaven. I think what you are really asking is "If they both sinned did they go to heaven?". Our first parents were only fulfilling a commandment to multiply and replenish the earth when they partook of the forbidden fruit. God knew that this was the only way, and he knew Adam and Eve. If you remember God gave them a choice, so in actual fact the so called sin was in fact a transgression of Gods law. How else could man have been had they not done so. We owe so much to them. They stay in heaven for eternity.
How did Adam and Eve have all those babies?
Adam and Eve had children with the reproductive powers God had given them. At Genesis 4:1 says: "Now Adam had intercourse with Eve his wife and she became pregnant. In time she gave birth to Cain..."
What are the effects of Adam and Eve's sin of disobedience to God?
One consequence of Adam's and Eve's disrespect for God is the loss of a garden paradise as the home for human beings. Another consequence is the hard work of survival to which Adam doomed himself and human beings. Because of Adam's disobedience, people have to work hard for the money. Still another consequence is the pain of childbearing to which Eve doomed herself and all subsequent mothers. Yet another consequence is the slithering, sneaky ground existence to which the sinister serpent doomed itself and snakes. Because of the serpent's enticements, human beings and snakes are to have an uncomfortable, even threatening interaction to work out for all time.
According to the Bible when was the universe created?
The Bible does not say. It simply says:" In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth." It does not say when "the beginning" was. The clear meaning of the surrounding verses indicates it was on one particular day in creation week. Verse one of Genesis 1 is a verse which summarizes all that is to follow. The details are contained in each verse, where the particular acts of creation are recorded. The following verses would indicate it was on day 4. 14And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years: 15And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so. 16And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Do Hindus believe in an Adam and Eve?
Another answer from our community:
not in the in the sense that Adam and Eve were man and woman. But that both Adam and Eve symbolize the beginning of creation with Adam as the symbol for the archetypal model upon which man is formed and Eve symbolizing pure matter which gave form for Spirit to manifest. Adam - Eve are sexless because Spirit and Matter is sexless and in essence are united as One.
What country did Adam and Eve originally come from?
Somewhere in northeastern Turkey was the region from which Adam and Eve were from. The identification of that place as the couple's homeland was based on the description of the Garden of Eden, in the book of Genesis. According to Genesis 2:10-14, Eden was located near the division of one body of water into four rivers. One of the four rivers so identified was the Euphrates, whose source is in northeastern Turkey.
What happened to Eve after Adam's death?
It is important to remember that the stories of Adam and Eve should therefore not be read literally. Yair Zakovitch, Dean of Humanities at Hebrew University is quoted as saying, "The thing to remember about the Bible is that the events and characters are just vehicles to convey messages. The biblical narrative was written to educate our young nation, not so much to tell us what really happened."
So we need not look for answers about the lives of legendary figures from the Bible, but look for the symbolic truth of the story. After all, we could not know what happened to Eve, when there were no eyewitnesses.
The Hebrews (called Jews today) are not a single skin-color. As in the past, Israelites (Jews) come in differing skin-tones, heights, and body-types. Our tradition is that the twelve sons of Jacob (the 12 Tribes) were not completely similar to each other in appearance, though none of them was really dark-skinned (Rashi commentary on Genesis 12:11).
Abraham and Sarah came from southern Iraq and their wider family from northern Iraq. Since DNA tests have shown that Jews intermarried infrequently throughout history, Abraham and his Israelite descendants probably looked like Jews today.
DNA studies have shown that the Africans are not related to Jews, and that the Jews themselves are all interrelated and of Middle Eastern genetics, not African.
In 2000, the analysis of a report by Nicholas Wade "provided genetic witness that Jewish communities have, to a remarkable extent, retained their biological identity separate from their host populations, evidence of relatively little intermarriage or conversion into Judaism over the centuries. The results accord with Jewish history and tradition.
The only exception to this is the Ethiopian Jews, who show only a trace of DNA connection to other Jewish communities. Western ethnologists today hold the view that the Jews of Gondar (Ethiopia) either emerged from a Judaizing strain among Ethiopian Christians, or were converted by Yemeni Jews who crossed the Red Sea. A study by Professors Lucotte and Smets has shown that the genetic father of Beta Israel (Ethiopian Jews) was close to the Ethiopian non-Jewish populations. This is consistent with the theory that Beta Israel are descendants of ancient inhabitants of Ethiopia, not the Middle East. Hammer et al. in 2000, and the team of Shen in 2004, arrive at similar conclusions, namely that the DNA of the Ethiopian Jews probably indicates a conversion of local populations.
It has been estimated that this happened some 2,000 years ago.
How many daughters did Hazrat Adam have?
The Bible does not provide the number of sons he had. Genesis 5:4 said that he became father to sons and daughters. However, the Bible does mention three of his sons by name: Abel, Cain and Seth.
How long after Adam and Eve was the law of Moses given?
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The first books of the Bible give us very detailed information about exactly how long each of the ancestral figures lived from Joshua all the way back to Adam. We can list the people back from Moses to Adam, count the years assigned to each biblical ancestor, and also check to ensure that the biblical lifespans were the result of natural chance, or were arrived at by other means.
After the Patriarchs, the great Hebrew leaders were Joseph, Levi, Moses and Joshua. The priestly tribe of Levites was said to be descended from Levi, great grandfather of Moses who, along with Joshua, fulfilled the covenant that God gave to the Patriarchs. We find a fascination with elegant series and the number 17 in their lives.
Name
Lifespan
Pattern
Joshua
110
5x5 + 5x17
Moses
120
7x5 + 5x17
Levi
137
7x5 + 6x17
Joseph
110
5x5 + 5x17
In each case, the age assigned to these leaders can be broken down to the sum of two numbers, the first a multiple of 5 (either 7x5 or 5x5), and the second a multiple of 17 (either 6x17 or 5x17). Patterns do exist in random sets of numbers, but not such consistent and elegant patterns. If these great Israelite leaders could have died at any random age between 100 and 150 years, there would be less than 1 chance in 6 million that these four persons would have died at exactly these ages, even accepting that humans could live to such improbably great ages. We could greatly reduce the odds by allowing, for example, Levi to die at either 137, 120 or 110 years, and so on, but the odds would remain so high as to rule out chance. So, these ages were assigned by numerology, not nature, and must not be regarded as historical information. The lifespans of Joseph and Joshua are shown in order to show how elegant the biblical numerology was, but they are not in the ancestry of Moses.
We saw that 17 was an important number in early Hebrew numerology, and this continues with the Patriarchs, the most important Old Testament characters, and they share a very special pattern befitting their roles. If each of the Patriarchs could, by chance, have died in any year over a range of, say, one hundred years, there would be just one chance in one million that all three of them would have died on exactly the right year for the following configuration to work in the way it does:
Name
Lifespan
Pattern
Jacob
147
(7x7) x 3
Isaac
180
(6x6) x 5
Abraham
175
(5x5) x 7
Examining these supposed lifespans, we find that:
- Each lifespan involves a perfect square (7, 6 and 5) in a numeric series,
- The third factor also forms a series (3, 5, 7)
- In each case the sum of the factors is 17.
We can then look at each of the remaining ancestors, back to Adam:
Name
Lifespan
Pattern
Terah
205
7x5 + 10x17
Nahor
148
7x9 + 5x17
Serug
230
12x5 + 10x17
Reu
239
7x5 + 12x17
Peleg
239
7x5 + 12x17
Eber
464
7x8 + 24x17
Shelah
433
7x6 + 23x17
Arphaxad
438
5x6 + 24x17
Shem
600Note 1
Noah
950
13x9 + 49x17 [7x7x17]
Lamech
777
7x9 + 42x17 [7x6x17]
Methuselah
969
Note 2
Enoch
962
Note 2
Jared
895
Note 2
Mahalalel
895
5x9 + 50x17
Cainan
910
6x10 + 50x17
Enos
905
8x9 + 49x17
Seth
912
5x9 + 51x17
Adam
930
7x9 + 51x17 [3x17x17]
Note 1: Shem is a special case, because he became a father at 100 and died at exactly 600 years. This simple combination is just as unlikely to result from numerology as from nature. It may be that in the course of transcription, the original values became lost, and the values of 100 and 600 were substituted after the original meanings of the patterns were lost.
Note 2: Methuselah is special because he was the Bible's oldest living human and because there is a different pattern in his life: he became a father at 187 (11x17) and died at 969 (57x17). There is only 1 chance in 289 that the oldest living man would become a father at a multiple of 17 and then die at a multiple of 17 years. The patterns for Jared and Enoch have not been decoded at this stage, but it is likely that another, quite special pattern was shared by Methuselah, his father and grandfather.
To say how long Moses lived after Adam, we add, not their lifespans, but the ages at which each person in the Old Testament genealogy became a father. While there is adequate detail in the Bible to list the ages of the biblical ancestors, there are important gaps and ambiguities in the ages at which fatherhood occurred. Moreover, the Bible often indicates that its characters became fathers long after people of the time would have already died, a physical impossibility if we reject the biblical ages. If these were real, historical people, they no doubt lived to an average of around fifty years, and probably became fathers by the time they were twenty years old.
From the creation of Adam to the death of Moses is listed in the Bible as around 2600 years. If we accept that the biblical ages were assigned by numerology, not nature and assign 20 years from each generation to the next, then only around 550 years had actually passed, unless we add additional generations.
Where was Adam and Eve sent when they left the garden of eden?
Nowhere in the Bible is it indicated where Adam and Eve went after being banished from the Garden of Eden. The book of Genesis only says that Adam and Eve lived part of their lives in the Garden. It also says that the couple had to leave the garden and spend the rest of their lives elsewhere. But it gives absolutely no information as to where they went or even the direction that they took upon leaving.
