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Genesis 2
1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Just as GOD rested, so should we take time each week to rest, and set aside wholly for HIM. See also: "Remember The Sabbath".
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day (i.e. time/age) that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
This word "day" in the Hebrew is "yôwm" and doesn't necessarily refer to a single day of 24 hours, depending on its usage, but rather a process of time. In this case, the time of creation.
5 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.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed (yâtsar in Hebrew) man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
If you study the manuscripts for yourself, as you can see using an interlinear Bible, this word "man" is now 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm in the Hebrew, which has the Hebrew particle and article attached to it, and looks like this (אֵת-האָדָם), unlike the word "man" that we saw in Genesis 1:26 which doesn't, and looks like this (אָדָ֛ם). Though they both still refer to man, having the Hebrew particle ('eth) and article (Hâ), makes it specific that it's now talking about a particular individual (i.e. Adam), and not mankind in general.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Here we see one of the few instances where 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm (i.e. "the man") is translated correctly into the English Bible. By having the word "the" in front of "man", again let's us know it's referring to a particular man, which is Adam (Eve's husband).
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison (= dispersive/increase): that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon (= bursting forth): the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel (= rapid): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates (= rushing, fruitfulness).
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
In the last chapter, man was given dominion/rule over all the animals and every living thing that moves upon the earth. In other words, they were hunters, fishers, and gatherers. Here in this chapter, this particular man, Adam, was made specifically to be a gardener.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
In the last chapter, man was told they could eat from any tree, but here in this chapter, GOD is warning this particular man, Adam, he can eat (i.e. partake) all except for one.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Again, here's another difference compared to the last chapter. In the last chapter animals were created before man was, but in this chapter with this particular man, Adam, animals were made after him, and in that last chapter, GOD made every beast of the earth but in this chapter HE made every beast of the field. And fowls were made on the fifth day, not the sixth day with the beasts, which documents this is NOT a recap of Genesis 1 as some claim.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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.
Aside from the Hebrew language and the differences between man in this chapter compared to the last chapter, it is evident alone from the English that the first two chapters of this book are describing two different creations, which explains why we will see in Genesis 4, where Cain was afraid of others killing him, and explains where Cain's wife came from. If you remember in Genesis 4, Cain murdered his own brother, and suddenly becomes afraid that others will find him and kill him, and if Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the only living people at that time as many will try to have you believe, and Abel was then murdered, who is "everyone" that Cain was referring to, who would possibly try to kill him? It certainly wasn't Adam and Eve, as GOD would have simply told Adam and Eve not to kill him. Also, once Cain is punished to leave the land, he finds him a wife in another land called "Nod", which proves without a doubt that other people were here, who did not come from Adam and Eve. To say Cain's wife was his sister as many claim, when there was no mention of Adam and Eve even having any more kids at that time, would be adding to Scripture, as Adam and Eve didn't have another child until the end of that chapter, which was a boy named Seth, and it would also be perverting the very nature of GOD which forbids incest in Leviticus 18:6. Again, GOD tells us in Malachi 3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not..."
So who do you choose to believe, men's traditions which make void the WORD of GOD (Mark 7:13), or what the Bible tells us? For GOD is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33) and to state that every race is an offspring of Adam and Eve, and that GOD was at one point okay with incest, is certainly confusing and contradicting to the laws of GOD, Scripture, and biology. Using commonsense and the information Scripture has provided us with, it is more than enough evidence to prove otherwise. Also, there would be no such thing as "gentiles" in Scripture if every race came from one couple.
2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.
Just as GOD rested, so should we take time each week to rest, and set aside wholly for HIM. See also: "Remember The Sabbath".
3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.
4 These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day (i.e. time/age) that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,
This word "day" in the Hebrew is "yôwm" and doesn't necessarily refer to a single day of 24 hours, depending on its usage, but rather a process of time. In this case, the time of creation.
5 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.
6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.
7 And the LORD God formed (yâtsar in Hebrew) man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
If you study the manuscripts for yourself, as you can see using an interlinear Bible, this word "man" is now 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm in the Hebrew, which has the Hebrew particle and article attached to it, and looks like this (אֵת-האָדָם), unlike the word "man" that we saw in Genesis 1:26 which doesn't, and looks like this (אָדָ֛ם). Though they both still refer to man, having the Hebrew particle ('eth) and article (Hâ), makes it specific that it's now talking about a particular individual (i.e. Adam), and not mankind in general.
8 And the LORD God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Here we see one of the few instances where 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm (i.e. "the man") is translated correctly into the English Bible. By having the word "the" in front of "man", again let's us know it's referring to a particular man, which is Adam (Eve's husband).
9 And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.
11 The name of the first is Pison (= dispersive/increase): that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
12 and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
13 And the name of the second river is Gihon (= bursting forth): the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.
14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel (= rapid): that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates (= rushing, fruitfulness).
15 And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
In the last chapter, man was given dominion/rule over all the animals and every living thing that moves upon the earth. In other words, they were hunters, fishers, and gatherers. Here in this chapter, this particular man, Adam, was made specifically to be a gardener.
16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
In the last chapter, man was told they could eat from any tree, but here in this chapter, GOD is warning this particular man, Adam, he can eat (i.e. partake) all except for one.
18 And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
19 And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
Again, here's another difference compared to the last chapter. In the last chapter animals were created before man was, but in this chapter with this particular man, Adam, animals were made after him, and in that last chapter, GOD made every beast of the earth but in this chapter HE made every beast of the field. And fowls were made on the fifth day, not the sixth day with the beasts, which documents this is NOT a recap of Genesis 1 as some claim.
20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.
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.
Aside from the Hebrew language and the differences between man in this chapter compared to the last chapter, it is evident alone from the English that the first two chapters of this book are describing two different creations, which explains why we will see in Genesis 4, where Cain was afraid of others killing him, and explains where Cain's wife came from. If you remember in Genesis 4, Cain murdered his own brother, and suddenly becomes afraid that others will find him and kill him, and if Adam, Eve, Cain, and Abel were the only living people at that time as many will try to have you believe, and Abel was then murdered, who is "everyone" that Cain was referring to, who would possibly try to kill him? It certainly wasn't Adam and Eve, as GOD would have simply told Adam and Eve not to kill him. Also, once Cain is punished to leave the land, he finds him a wife in another land called "Nod", which proves without a doubt that other people were here, who did not come from Adam and Eve. To say Cain's wife was his sister as many claim, when there was no mention of Adam and Eve even having any more kids at that time, would be adding to Scripture, as Adam and Eve didn't have another child until the end of that chapter, which was a boy named Seth, and it would also be perverting the very nature of GOD which forbids incest in Leviticus 18:6. Again, GOD tells us in Malachi 3:6, "For I am the LORD, I change not..."
So who do you choose to believe, men's traditions which make void the WORD of GOD (Mark 7:13), or what the Bible tells us? For GOD is not the author of confusion (1 Corinthians 14:33) and to state that every race is an offspring of Adam and Eve, and that GOD was at one point okay with incest, is certainly confusing and contradicting to the laws of GOD, Scripture, and biology. Using commonsense and the information Scripture has provided us with, it is more than enough evidence to prove otherwise. Also, there would be no such thing as "gentiles" in Scripture if every race came from one couple.
Back to Genesis 1:27
27 So God created man (= 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm) in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created (bârâʼ in Hebrew) he them.
Now if you've studied the Hebrew for yourself, then you might wonder why 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm is also mentioned in Genesis 1:27 if the subject deals with mankind, and that's because he would have been made on the sixth day as well, when the rest of mankind was, though he was a separate creation; not on an eighth day as some suggest, which isn't scripturally mentioned, as GOD finished HIS creation in six days and rested the seventh day. Also, if you remember in verse 26, GOD included HIMself ("Let us make man in our image"), likely for when HE would eventually be born in the flesh as the incarnate image of the SON (EMMANUEL), and it would be through that particular man Adam ('eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm) in which EMMANUEL, GOD in the flesh, also known as "the last Adam (see 1 Corinthians 15:45-49)" would come through, as Adam ('eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm) was the beginning of JESUS' genealogy. For this reason, Genesis 2:4 says what it says, letting us know the history of the earth, of when GOD formed the man of the dust, and that it had previously occurred. Genesis 5:1-2 even tells us, "1 This is the book of the generations of Adam (= אָדָם ʼÂdâm [Strong's H121]). In the day that God created man (= אָדַם ʼâdam, [Strong's H120]), in the likeness of God made he him; 2 male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam (= אָדַם ʼâdam, [Strong's H120]) in the day when they were created." As we can see from those two verses (1:27 & 5:2), the man Adam was created "in the day" that GOD also made male and female (mankind/them).
The whole reason the book of Genesis focuses on Adam and Eve and their offspring, and not others (gentiles), is for the same reason the Bible only focuses on the Israelite's in the Old Testament, because again, it was through them the MESSIAH would come and bring Salvation unto the world, whereby whosoever believes upon HIM, could have everlasting life (John 3:16); regardless of who you are.
Now if you've studied the Hebrew for yourself, then you might wonder why 'eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm is also mentioned in Genesis 1:27 if the subject deals with mankind, and that's because he would have been made on the sixth day as well, when the rest of mankind was, though he was a separate creation; not on an eighth day as some suggest, which isn't scripturally mentioned, as GOD finished HIS creation in six days and rested the seventh day. Also, if you remember in verse 26, GOD included HIMself ("Let us make man in our image"), likely for when HE would eventually be born in the flesh as the incarnate image of the SON (EMMANUEL), and it would be through that particular man Adam ('eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm) in which EMMANUEL, GOD in the flesh, also known as "the last Adam (see 1 Corinthians 15:45-49)" would come through, as Adam ('eth-'Hâ'Âdhâm) was the beginning of JESUS' genealogy. For this reason, Genesis 2:4 says what it says, letting us know the history of the earth, of when GOD formed the man of the dust, and that it had previously occurred. Genesis 5:1-2 even tells us, "1 This is the book of the generations of Adam (= אָדָם ʼÂdâm [Strong's H121]). In the day that God created man (= אָדַם ʼâdam, [Strong's H120]), in the likeness of God made he him; 2 male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam (= אָדַם ʼâdam, [Strong's H120]) in the day when they were created." As we can see from those two verses (1:27 & 5:2), the man Adam was created "in the day" that GOD also made male and female (mankind/them).
The whole reason the book of Genesis focuses on Adam and Eve and their offspring, and not others (gentiles), is for the same reason the Bible only focuses on the Israelite's in the Old Testament, because again, it was through them the MESSIAH would come and bring Salvation unto the world, whereby whosoever believes upon HIM, could have everlasting life (John 3:16); regardless of who you are.
Recap of evidence for 2 separate creation events:
- In Genesis 1, animals were created before man was. In Genesis 2, animals were created after man.
- In Genesis 1, fowls were created on day five, while beasts were created on day 6. In Genesis 2, they both were formed at the same time.
- In Genesis 1, man was created (= bârâʼ in Hebrew). In Genesis 2, the man was formed (= yâtsar in Hebrew) from the dust.
- In Genesis 1, male and female were created at the same time. In Genesis 2, the man Adam and his wife Eve were made separately at different times, as animals were made after Adam but before Eve.
- In Genesis 1, GOD told man that every tree was good for food. In Genesis 2, GOD tells the man, Adam, he can eat of every tree except one (the tree of the knowledge of good and evil).
- In Genesis 1, GOD tells man to multiply and replenish the earth. In Genesis 2, no such command is given to the man.
- In Genesis 1, GOD created man to be hunters, fishers, and gatherers. In Genesis 2, GOD made man to till the ground (i.e. to be a gardener).
אָדָ֛ם = man or mankind (Strong's H120)
הָֽאָדָם = The man (Strong's H120)
אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם = This particular man (Strong's H120)
אָדָם = Also in reference to the individual man Adam, and a place in Palestine (Strong's H121)
הָֽאָדָם = The man (Strong's H120)
אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֗ם = This particular man (Strong's H120)
אָדָם = Also in reference to the individual man Adam, and a place in Palestine (Strong's H121)