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Did God create other people besides Adam and Eve?

Answered by . December 26, 2009 - 5:13 pm 33

The description of the creation of human beings in Genesis implies that Adam and Eve were the only ones that God created. Adam couldn’t find a suitable helper (Genesis 2:20 — suggesting there were no other human beings around) and Eve is described as “the mother of all the living” (Genesis 3:20). Similarly, in the […]

Does “you shall surely die” (Gen. 2:17) mean “dying you shall die”?

Answered by . December 9, 2009 - 1:14 pm 4

This is a misunderstanding of a grammatical structure in Hebrew, and other semitic languages, called the infinitive absolute. The verb is repeated to mean “surely”, “certainly”. The Infinitive Absolute occurs most frequently in immediate connexion with the finite verb of the same stem, in order in various ways to define more accurately or to strengthen […]

Who did Cain marry?

Answered by . October 20, 2009 - 8:20 pm

In Genesis chapter 2 we are told that God created one man (Adam) and one woman (Eve).  Adam is reported as having sons and daughters in Genesis 5:4.  Cain must have married one of these or another close relative descended from Adam.  By the time Adam died, he not only had children and grand-children, but […]

Does Genesis 2 contradict Genesis 1?

Answered by . August 7, 2009 - 5:22 pm 2

It is often claimed that Genesis 1 and 2 represent two contradictory accounts of creation. For example, Genesis 1:24-26 has the animals created before humans. Yet Genesis 2:18-19 appears to have animals created after humans in most versions. For example, the NKJV has And the Lord God said, “It is not good that man should […]