Bible Question:
In Genesis Chapt 1 verses 27-28 it says 27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. 28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. T Then in Genesis chapt2 verses 21-23 it says So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs [9] and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib [10] he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. 23 The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, [11] ' for she was taken out of man." My question is, was Eve the first Woman, and if not what happened to the first female that was originally there with Adam. Appearantly she did not go into the Garden of Eden with him. Help I am confused by this protion of scripture... |
Bible Answer: Gen 2 reviews what has already been stated in Gen 1. God is giving us more details. For instance in Gen 2 he mentions bringing forth animals from the ground, not as if he brought them from the ground then after he made Adam, but he is saying by this mention of bringing them from the ground that "the animals he brought forth from the ground before he made man, he did it for the purpose of man, and he brought these animals before adam to let him name them. Some get confused thinking that God brought the animals from the ground after he made man, and yet Gen 1 tells us what order he did it. Gen 2 is not telling us the order, the order was already given with exact day number. The purpose of Gen 2 is not order but the "why" So he is saying.. the animals God brought from the ground in Gen 1 he made to pass before adam to see what he would name them. Same for the verse about Eve. He is saying The woman that God made in Gen 1 this is how it happened... First, God brought all the animals he had made out of the ground before he made man and made them to pass before him, but that did not work, so then he put man to sleep , and made the woman, that was the ticket. Gen 2 is more detail about Gen 1. The bible is full of these by the way. Personally I do not think Eve added to the words of God when she said, "neither shall ye touch it." I think God really did say that, it was not recorded in the first mention when God said don't eat it. But the woman is giving us more detail about what God said. This is also seen in Pauls mention of his Damscus Rd experience, where when it is mentioned in Acts the first time certain words of Christ are given, and later when Paul is testifying Pauls says more words that Christ said that are not in the first mention. This is not becuase Paul was adding to what Jesus said, it is just another mention of the event giving us more details. And if it be the case with Paul what right do we have to say Eve was adding to God's word when she said "neither shall you touch it." I think God did say that and it fits with many other scriptures, touch not the uncleand thing. |