7. Here the sacred writer supplies a few more particulars about
the first pair.
formed--had FORMED MAN OUT OF THE DUST OF THE
GROUND. Science has proved that the substance of his flesh,
sinews, and bones, consists of the very same elements as the soil which
forms the crust of the earth and the limestone that lies embedded in
its bowels. But from that mean material what an admirable structure has
been reared in the human body
(Ps 139:14).
the breath of life--literally, of lives, not only animal but
spiritual life. If the body is so admirable, how much more the soul
with all its varied faculties.
breathed into his nostrils the breath of life--not that the
Creator literally performed this act, but respiration being the medium
and sign of life, this phrase is used to show that man's life
originated in a different way from his body--being implanted directly
by God
(Ec 12:7),
and hence in the new creation of the soul Christ breathed on His
disciples
(Joh 20:22).
JFB.
Brief Summary: God established the Sabbath day. The LORD creates man and woman, and places them in the Garden of Eden. They are commanded to eat freely but not to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Detailed Summary: God (Elohim) ended His work and rested on the seventh day. He established the seventh day by blessing it and sanctifying it. Then in verse 4 the focus shifts to the LORD (Jehovah), the personal name of God and He is seen as creator and He forms man from the dust and gives him the breath of life. The LORD also planted the Garden of Eden with the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and He commanded Adam not to eat from this tree or else he would die. The LORD then created woman from Adam's side and Adam called her woman. They were both naked and not ashamed.
Who is Mentioned: God, Adam, and Eve.
Key Concept: God created man for love and fellowship (Genesis 2:7)
Key Verse: Genesis 2:7, 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.
The Supposed Location of the
Garden of Eden
Important Related Verses:
Exodus 20:10-11 God's Sabbath rest became the basis for the
Sabbath being included in the 10 commandments.
Matthew 19:6 reveals Jesus
saying that it was God who joined Adam and Eve together.
1 Timothy 2:13 Paul says that
Adam was first formed, then Eve.
1 Corinthians 15:45 Paul said that the first man Adam was made
a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:22 Paul said
that in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Christ and the Church
Ephesians 5:28-32,
Matthew 19:5,
1 Corinthians 6:16,
Ephesians 5:31
Interesting Notes:
According to Heb 4
the Church age is the Sabbath rest and the believer in Jesus
ceases from his works and rests in God's redemption in Christ.
Eve, a type of the Church,
the Bride of Christ, was not formed
of dust, but came from the first son of God's opened side. The
Church was born from the opened side of the Second Son of God,
Jesus.
In the Hebrew the word for
man is ish and woman is ishah
Eden in Hebrew means
paradise
The mist mentioned in Genesis
2:6 could be confirmation that there was no rain until after the
flood.
Adam was commanded not to eat
from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil before Eve was
created.
Adam was told that in the day
he eats of it he would surely die. It meant spiritual death
because his physical body died at 930 years old.
Elohim is the name of God
used in Genesis 1:1-2:3 and then the LORD (Jehovah) is used as
His personal redemptive name.
The Garden of Eden cannot be
determined but it was somewhere in the Tigris-Euphrates region
on the east end of the fertile crescent.
Archaeology and science confirms
that the earliest traces of civilization migrated from the
Persian Gulf region.
Quick Reference Map
Map of the Supposed Location of the
Garden of Eden (Click to Enlarge)
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Chart showing the number of years from the creation of the world to the great flood (deluge)
Genesis Resources
Creation
Adam and Eve
The
Flood
The Tower of Babel
Abraham the First Hebrew
Isaac, Son of Promise
Jacob
and the 12 Tribes
Joseph
and Egypt