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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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Were there dinosaurs in the Garden of Eden?
When the dinosaurs roamed the earth, they ruled the earth, and were almost the only form of land animal in existence. There were vegetarian dinosaurs and meat-eating dinosaurs, all ranging in size from the relatively insignificant up to the largest land animals ever to live. Had there been humans around at the time, it would have been a dramatically dangerous place to live. Fortunately for us, the last of the dinosaurs died out in a great extinction around 65 million years ago.
Theologians like James Ussher can calculate exactly when the world was created, and therefore when the Garden of Eden existed in biblical terms - approximately six thousand years ago. However, Leon R. Kass (The Beginning of Wisdom: Reading Genesis) says that the Garden of Eden is a purely mythic place - a mere Utopia, in which case it does not really stand in any place or time in the real world. so, either the Garden of Eden was far too late for dinosaurs, or there was really no Garden of Eden at all. Either way, there were no dinosaurs.
Another viewThe Bible doesn't specify what animals were in the Garden of Eden. It also doesn't say how big the garden was, but it wasn't a huge place. There was a whole world outside of the garden. But all anyone can do is speculate on prehistoric things that aren't mentioned in the Bible.
Incidentally, the book of Job is the earliest book written, and it mentions dinosaurs--though it doesn't use that word, because that is a recent word.
And another:
According to the Genesis account, an undisclosed period of time elapsed between the original creation of the universe and the earth [Gen.1:1]... and the time that something caused the earth to become ruined [verse 2].
The account then takes up in verse 3 with the six-day RE-creation of the earth, repairing and preparing it to support and sustain man who was made on the sixth day.
The greatest likelihood is that "dinosaurs" populated the original creation of the earth and were destroyed during the devastation revealed in "verse 2."
The land animals that crossed the flood with Noah are the same species extant on the earth today.... none of which are the famed fossilized "dinosaurs" with which modern man seems to be so obsessed and knowledgeable.
Where does the Bible list the direct descendants of Adam?
Luke 3:23-38, when tracing the human line of descent of Jesus Christ back to the first man on earth, ends up by saying "the son of Adam, the son of God." However, we are all the descendants of Adam after he had sinned against his Creator and had lost his human perfection.
How old is Adam mentioned in the bible?
We have glimpses of Adam's history from the second he was created(Genesis 2:7), to the time of his death. He had his son Seth when he was 130 years old, and he died at 930 years old. (Genesis 5:3-5)
What one prohibition did God give to Adam in Genesis 2?
all he asked adam not to do was eat the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. after eating the knowledge of good and evil fruit adam was banished from the garden along with eve who also ate the fruit.
What is the order of Adam and Eve's descendants to Moses?
Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan, Mahalaleel, Jared, Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech, Noah, Shem, Arphaxad, Shalah, Eber, Peleg, Reu, Serug, Nahor, Terah, Abram (Abraham), Issac, Jacob, Levi, Kohath, Amram, Moses
In what century did Adam and Eve live?
The century in which Adam and Eve lived in wasn't specified in the Bible. But there have been many suggestions as to that date. Within the Christian tradition, one such dating was by James Us[s]her [January 4, 1581-March 21, 1656]. Us[s]her suggested a date in the late 41st century B.C.E. In fact, he specified that Creation took place on the night before October 23, 4004 B.C.E.
I would suggest that Adam & Eve lived during the 27th century B.C.E. 2800BCE-2700BCE. Based on archaeological dating of biblical sites & people to equate an average that can be applied to the generations listed in genesis. eg jesus-0, david-1000BCE, moses-1445, abraham-1875, peleg-2166, noah-2345, adam-2765.
What does the story of the Fall teach us about God?
The story of Adam and Eve eating the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, read literally, shows God to be capricious since he would have realised that by placing the tree in the Garden they would sooner or later eat its fruit and he would then exact terrible retribution. Gods response when he saw that Adam and Eve had eaten the fruit is very instructive: ""now the man is become like one of us" (Genesis 3:22). By this, God was referring to others who were also like himself and were his equals. This reflects the polytheistic beginnings of the Hebrew religion, which has since established by archaeology.
The Christian view that this was the Fall of man, condemning all to hell because of this 'original sin', goes further and shows God as being eternally vindictive, punishing all generations in perpetuity for an infringement that (apart from Adam and Eve becoming god-like) did no harm, committed by just two people. That the mere act of baptism (even infant baptism) removes this sin according to Christian teaching, is an anachronism that shows little genuine commitment by God to this terrible punishment.
Was Adam with another woman that God was displeased with and replaced with Eve?
There is nothing in the Bible to suggest another woman was created before Eve.
However, in Jewish folklore, there was the tale of Lilith being Adam's first wife, who was created contemporaneously with Adam, as opposed to Eve, who was created from one of Adam's ribs. Rabbi Isaac ben Jacob ha-Cohen argued that Lilith left Adam after she refused to become subservient to him and left room for Eve, who would accept being second to Adam. Lilith is usually viewed a demon or demonic-like personage in Jewish folklore. Most Jews do not discuss Lilith and she is largely absent from Christian retellings of the Genesis.
Why were Adam and Eve's kids gay?
Whether you believe that the story of Adam and Eve is fact or legend, the truth is that there is no mention in the Biblical narrative of any gay people, not even the children of Adam and Eve.
What was the fruit that Adam and Eve bit?
a poisonis apple
"poisonous" ...
The Bible does not state the type of fruit.
The answer given here is not the word meaning of the episode but a philosophical explanation when this episode is seen in view of the Indian Philosophy which was already mature and more than thousand year old when Lord Jesus was born.
Explanation: The Adam and Eve ate the fruit implies that they got involved in the fruits or results of their deeds and therefore were sent back on earth. This aspect is clarified in Bhagwat Gita (a kind of Indian Bible) that states that a person who intends to seek salvation should concentrate only on the deeds and not on its fruits or results. If he concentrates on the fruits of his deeds he will continue to have various desires and will be reborn to fulfill the balance desires in the next life.
Did Adam come before the pharaohs?
A careful addition of the genealogies in the Old Testament places the story of Adam and Eve around 4000 BCE. This is nearly one thousand years before the first Egyptian dynasty in 3100 BCE, but long after the start of the pre-dynastic period, which began around 5000 BCE and corresponds to the Late Neolithic (Stone Age) Period.
How long did Adam and Eve have to eat the apple before other foods came along?
First just a point of clarification: The so-called "forbidden fruit" was actually not identified in the Bible as an apple. In fact Gen 2:17 only identifies the name of the tree that the fruit existed on as "the tree of the knowledge of good and evil."
Regarding the length of time Adam and Eve had before other foods came along first consider this: Why would God create two beautiful perfect creatures, with smelling and taste sense far more potent than our today and then tempt them by forbidding them to eat food. The answer is God did not do this. At Gen. 1:29 God tells the fledging human pair "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you."
Looking back again at Gen. 2 this time verse 16 God states: "From every tree of the garden you may eat freely; but from the tree of knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat." So Adam and Even had an abundance of choices before them besides the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
And that brings this question full circle. What then was the forbidden tree and its fruit there for? The answer can be surmised from Gen 3:22 where preceding the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the garden God states: "The man has become like one of us, to know how to distinguish between good and evil" (Amplified Bible).
So the test at the tree of knowledge of good and evil represented the first human pair's willingness to subject themselves to the instruction and rule of God, the creators, who had up to that point only provided what was good for them. Or they could make their own decision deciding for themselves what was "good or evil."
If Adam is the first man who was Adam's mother?
The Bible asserts that Adam was Divinely created and therefore did not need a mother. We as humans today require mothers because while there is the Divine Event of placing the soul in the body today, God does not continually make humans out of dust.
Name of Adam and Eves trangression?
You have actually answered your own question. Before Adam and Eve were placed in the Garden of Eden they were commanded not to partake of the fruit of the Tree of Good and Evil, for if they did so they would surly die. However the Lord gave them the opportunity to choose for themselves. In saying so He turned their disobedience into a transgression rather than a sin. If I were to give it a name I would call it "Disobedience for a purpose".
Are there pictures of the first people on earth?
Is there any physical proof that Adam and Eve were real?
There is no physical evidence anywhere, for Adam and Eve or the Garden of Eden. In fact overwhelming physical evidence, from the geological and fossil record, demonstrates that man really evolved from earlier species millions of years ago.
How did Cain and Abel worship God?
by Offerings: Genesis 4:1 And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. 4:2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 4:3 And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4:4 And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 4:5 But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.
Which is better a Christmas Eve birthday or a New Year's eve birthday?
Both are easily remembered. My birthday is Christmas Eve..everyone is really just waiting for the next day to get here. New Year's Eve is all about a party. Stress of getting it all ready for X-Mas or massive drinking for a b'day on New Year's Eve?...need you ask???
Was the driving of Adam and Eve from the garden of eden an act of of love on the part of god?
No, it was a consequence for being disobiedient.
Answer 2Hmm this is a hard one as it is much more complex than first meets the eye.
Firstly, you have to appreciate that taken absolutely literally as a 'historical' story, Genesis does not make very good sense. It was written originally by at least two authors and in the original Hebrew is a poem rather than a historical treatise. Therefore whether or not Adam (which means, in Hebrew 'humankind' anyway and is not the name of an individual man) actually existed is immaterial; what is important are the hidden truths contained in these words in Genesis.
Some inconsistencies though to set the scene: First, we are taught that when Eve gave Adam the 'apple' sin entered the world. This is clearly untrue as the serpent who tempted Eve was already present and so evil was there prior to Adam's fall. Neither is an apple mentioned anywhere in the story. Second, we are taught that it has somehow to do with sex between Adam and Eve because sex and nudity is somehow 'dirty', yet the number of times sex is mentioned is precisely the number of times an apple is mentioned! Third, we are taught that the serpent is Satan - but again, no mention is made of this in the story, nor even implied in the original Hebrew, and the ancient Jews did not have this view of evil anyway. Fourth, if a loving God allowed the two humans to eat of any tree in the garden except the tree of knowledge of good and evil why put it there in the first place? Was it to tempt them? If God is all powerful he would have known the consequences. And a vindictive God out to tempt Adam and Eve into eating this fruit is not the God I worship, nor the God whom Jesus Christ described.
The clue lies in the tree's name - the "Tree of the knowledge of good and evil". This strongly implies that without 'eating' from this tree, humanity would not know or be able to discern the difference between good and evil. We would be like the animals living by instinct alone. In other words we would not have free will. We would not have free will to love our creator because we want to and rather we would have to love him because that is our instinct. Compelled love is no love at all: freely given love is true love and that is what God requires of us in return for his unconditional love of us.
Therefore an all-seeing and all-knowing God would have known beforehand what will happen between Adam and Eve and the garden. As humans we choose to disobey God because of that loving gift of freewill. Therefore driving us out of the garden was a bitter-sweet moment; a bitter moment as it was as a result of our disobedience, but also a sweet moment, for, from that time onwards, God gave us the freewill to love him (or reject him) because we wantto.
This, of course, meant that this freewill would separate us from God because of our sin. God could see that and his future rescue plan had to come in the form of Jesus Christ who would save us from that sin. Not just us but all people, past and future. If God is all seeing and all knowing he would know the outcome of the Adam and Eve story and so Jesus Christ would be part of the plan from the beginning, as John 1:1 confirms.
Therefore, to us, banishment from the garden may well be seen as some sort of 'punishment' but to God it was part of his loving plan for the whole of humanity.
Did Adam and Eve have birthdays?
No they did not have birthdays as there was no calender invented then.
Who were first people in the Garden of Eden?
Adam and Eve were the first people in the Garden of Eden.
