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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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Did Eve come from God or from Adam?

No. Adam and Eve were husband and wife.
Adam was the first Man Created before Eve by God. Eve was created by God out of Adam...

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.
25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Are people uneasy about snakes because of the story of Adam and Eve?

Yes, some people may be uneasy about sinister serpents because of the creation story of Adam and Eve. But others may be uneasy because of the sinister facts about slithering snakes. For example, all slimy snakes are capable of biting, and bites can be fatal whether the hissing snake is venomous or not.

How do you understand the metaphor to eat for example in the story of Adam and Eve without the religious interpretation?

Well, it's difficult to speak about that story in entirely secular terms, but I suppose if you can at least accept a moral interpretation in place of a dogmatic religious one than you might be able to get somewhere. I think if you look at eating the fruit as the moment that Adam and Eve develop a conscience (which ironically corresponds with with the original sin) you have to realize the importance of this act as the moment that the physical self separates from the emotional (or in religious terms, spiritual) self. In other words, prior to this one's emotional reaction to something would be directly related to the physical act--there would be no pleasurable physical act that caused a disturbance in one's emotional state (such as sex, etc.). The importance of eating the fruit, I believe, is that it is the one physical act that Adam and Eve could perform that would change this emotional state, and so it is fitting that this act should involve the act of bringing something inside the body, since the change is emotional (or spiritual) that we generally associate with the internal body (popularly the heart).
Answer As a metaphor, eating can mean a lot of things... we have the phrase "I could just eat you up" which means mostly... love. Wanting to consume something usually is a metaphor for love. In the story of Adam and Eve, eating of the tree of knowledge has significance because it meant that the people loved knowledge in a symbolic way, right? The metaphor of knowledge and love doesn't always hold true though... sometimes eating is viewed as a horrible thing... think of Hansel and Gretel, or Little Red Riding Hood. "The better to eat you with." When we express a desire to eat, it is usually something we love or value highly... but as a community, we are also afraid of being eaten... and symbolically, that could mean that we want to absorb things into our identities/comfort zones, but that we are frightened of being absorbed ourselves. In the story of Adam and Eve I think that the serpent and the tree/fruit are actually more powerful symbols than the act of eating... but maybe the fact that Adam accepted the fruit when Eve offered it, and ate it, in a way, for her, is significant as well, and related to the act of eating.

Which is the largest chapter in Old Testament?

Psalms 119. It has 176 verses.

On a side note. The original holy writings that would become known as the Bible originally were not divided into chapters and verses. It wasn't until about 1250 (A.D.) that Cardinal Hugo de Sancto divided the old and new testament into chapters. And it wasn't until the 1500s that the first English bible separated into chapters and verse became available. It was called the Geneva Bible.

What does the forbidden fruit in the Bible symbolize?

What sinning feels like; the vacillation between sinning and obeying.

Who came first humans or dinasaurs?

Dinosaurs evolved and then became extinct long before man walked the Earth.

  • 245 mya (million years ago) dinosaurs evolved.
  • 208 mya birds evolved.
  • 65 mya dinosaurs became extinct.
  • 80 thousand years ago humans evolved on the plains of Africa.

What creature guards Eden after Adam and Eve were expelled?

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After Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden, God placed cherubim to block the path back to the Tree of Life. Cherubim is a Hebrew plural form, which could be transliterated for greater clarity as 'cherubs' (although we normally use the Hebrew plural).

It appears that cherubim were sphinx-like creatures with human heads, the bodies of lions and two wings.

What is the prosperity message in Christian teachings?

Prosper. What that means to a true Christian should be what it means to God, and it's not usually about money or aquisitions.

e.g. Ezekial 17:10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall it prosper? ... That is, shall it bear fruit? God wants us to prosper and we will if we remain in Christ. That means we will bear fruit. Curiously, it is found only once in the New Testament, in 3 John 1:2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

== Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. -- Luke 16:25 : Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. -- Matthew 19:23-24, Mark 10:23-25 : But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation. -- Luke 6:24 : Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. -- James 5:1

Who was the first baby born after Adam and Eve?

the first baby born was named Cain. He was a baby boy and Eve kept him a secret from Adam for a while. Cain later grew up and killed his younger brother Abel (the second child ever conceived)

What happen to Adam and Eve?

God told Adam and eve that they could eat from any of the fruits in the garden, except for the tree of knowledge. eve took a walk by her self, and walk by it. the devil who was in the form of a snake, tempted eve to eat from the tree of knowledge, then she gave some to Adam. God found out, and told them that the had to leave the garden, and work. He still loved them, but he had his reasons to kick Adam and eve out.

How can you find things that happened for 40 days and 40 nights in the bible?

one thing you can do is go to genesis and find noah and the arc it is between chapters 5-17

What was Lucifer's purpose in the Garden of Eden?

There is no mention in the Bible of Lucifer being in the Garden of Eden.

Why did Adam and Eve mourn over flowers and leaves?

WE are so Desensitized, we live in a world of sin . And THey were put in charge of Taking care of these Things in the Garden , sin is So Normalized, the Devil has us all Brainwashed into Justifying Sin , So when they Saw that Leaf , and That Beautiful Flower Rotte away , they Were upset to see such a Beautiful thing Pass.

Was it right to marry a sister at Adams time?

Yes it must have been, because that was the only option for the children of Adam and Eve.

What is the stories of Adam and Eve children?

Adam was made by God and then God took a rib from Adam and made a wife for him named Eve and then they were naked and then Eve and Adam were supposed to eat every tree of the garden except the tree in the middle and Eve was tricked by the serpent and Eve ate from the tree and became knowing good and evil then they had Cain and Abel and Cain killed Abel and Cain married his own sister

What did Adam say to God when he was going to throw him out of the Garden of Eden?

In the Bible, Adam does not speak again after God tells him that he will be expelled from the Garden of Eden.

What did Adam do when he was young?

Adam was NOT BORN by anyone. Jehovah God CREATED Adam as a full grown man from the elements of the earth. Adam was never a baby that had to learn to walk and speak. God gave Adam a human language, Hebrew.

The Bible indicates that God communicated with Adam, perhaps on a daily basis, in the breezy part of the day (perhaps early evening.)

The Bible says that when Adam was 'young' he was given the assignment to 'name the animals', whatever their names would be.

Eve was also created, and not born.

How old was Eve in the Bible when she sinned?

The Bible doesn't say, so we don't know.

As she was a woman (not a child) when she was created, the matter of 'age' would seem to be somewhat irrelevant. She was evidently old enough to speak and was of marriagable age, and she had a degree of knowledge of right and wrong. Doubtless she was also old enough to know better.

If it's so wrong to get married to your sister or a relative then how did Adam and Eves' children get children?

In Gensis 1:28 God told them to be fruitful and become many and subdue the earth. When God created Adam and Eve they were perfect in every sense of the word. When Eve disobeyed God and ate from the fruit in the middle of the garden God told them to leave the Garden of Eden. When Adam and eve had children, they were the only people on the earth so in order to be fruitful god allowed them to have children with each other. At that time they were as close to be being perfect and as such there would be no abnormalities the children would have to endure.

As the years passed humans became more and more less perfect, so God had declared having sex with family members as no longer necessary in order to fill the earth.

What is the healthiest food known to man?

The healthiest food known to man is the original food God planned for man to eat.

In the garden of Eden it is only fruits,vegetables and water.