Adam
Before Israel Antediluvian · Creation & Patriarchs · Old Testament
- Name means
- Man; from the ground
- Role
- The first man, created by God
- When
- The beginning (Creation)
What they did
Formed by God from the dust of the ground and placed in the garden of Eden. He disobeyed God by eating from the forbidden tree, and sin and death entered the world.
Why it matters: the purpose of their role
All humanity descends from Adam, and through his fall all need a Saviour. Scripture presents Christ as the 'last Adam' who brings life where Adam brought death.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)
Bible references
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Genesis 3:17-19 (KJV)
And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. Genesis 5:5 (KJV)
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: Romans 5:12 (KJV)
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 1 Corinthians 15:22 (KJV)
Family
- Spouse(s)
- Eve
- Children
- Cain, Abel, Seth, and other sons and daughters
Created by God (Genesis 2:7); called 'the son of God' in Luke 3:38. Lived 930 years (Genesis 5:5).
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