Genesis 1:27, On What Day Was Adam Created?
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
//On what day did God create Adam? Anybody know? Anybody?
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Problem is, there is no mention whatsoever in this creation story of Adam and Eve. Just the creation of mankind in God's image, which occurs on the sixth day. The story of the six days of creation ends in Genesis 2:3, and a second creation story begins in verse 2:4. In the second story, God forms Adam "in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens." He prepares Adam before any of the plant life, in order to tend the earth he is about to create: "And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground."
So, may we assume that Adam was formed on the third day, when God plants grass, and herbs, and fruit trees? But where is Eve?
Back to the second story. Eve comes after the fruit trees, after the animals. Eve makes her appearance from the rib of Adam, but only after Adam rejects all the rest of God's creation as his "helpmeet." Eve eats the forbidden fruit, gives it to Adam, their eyes are opened to see their nakedness, and God casts them out of the Garden of Eden. To Eve, God promises, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children."
Which brings us back to the first story, and the creation of mankind. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. We're still trying to make sense of two legends, still trying to splice them together in a chronological pattern. So who is God speaking to when he says "Let us make man?" It can only be Adam, just after Adam has rejected all the animals as his mate.
"OK, Adam, you win, we'll make mankind in our own image."
So, God forms Eve, Eve seduces Adam, they get kicked out of the Garden and have all the world to play in with their new-found nakedness and knowledge. Along come children. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply.
Whaddaya think?
//On what day did God create Adam? Anybody know? Anybody?
And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Problem is, there is no mention whatsoever in this creation story of Adam and Eve. Just the creation of mankind in God's image, which occurs on the sixth day. The story of the six days of creation ends in Genesis 2:3, and a second creation story begins in verse 2:4. In the second story, God forms Adam "in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens." He prepares Adam before any of the plant life, in order to tend the earth he is about to create: "And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground."
So, may we assume that Adam was formed on the third day, when God plants grass, and herbs, and fruit trees? But where is Eve?
Back to the second story. Eve comes after the fruit trees, after the animals. Eve makes her appearance from the rib of Adam, but only after Adam rejects all the rest of God's creation as his "helpmeet." Eve eats the forbidden fruit, gives it to Adam, their eyes are opened to see their nakedness, and God casts them out of the Garden of Eden. To Eve, God promises, "I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children."
Which brings us back to the first story, and the creation of mankind. And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. We're still trying to make sense of two legends, still trying to splice them together in a chronological pattern. So who is God speaking to when he says "Let us make man?" It can only be Adam, just after Adam has rejected all the animals as his mate.
"OK, Adam, you win, we'll make mankind in our own image."
So, God forms Eve, Eve seduces Adam, they get kicked out of the Garden and have all the world to play in with their new-found nakedness and knowledge. Along come children. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply.
Whaddaya think?
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