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How do Adam and Eve multiply?
Based on knowing that these were the first people on Earth, the only way to reproduce was incest between the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve.
What is the difference between fruitful and multiply?
There’s a famous line from the Bible: “Be fruitful and multiply.” That gives you a pretty good sense of the word: fruitful activity multiplies or adds to what’s already there, producing more of something. A couple is fruitful if they have children: the more children, the more fruitful.
Who did God say be fruitful and multiply the earth and subdue it have dominion over the fish of the sea over the air and over every living thing that moves on the earth?
Jonathan
Jonathan: God blessed them, and God said to them, “Increase and multiply and fill the earth with sons and daughters, and become powerful in possessions upon it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens, and over every creeping animal that creeps upon the earth.”
Why does God place man in the Garden to till it and keep it?
One of the early pages of the book of Genesis has the words, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden to till it and keep it.” This even preceded the great fall. “Keep it,” means to preserve or conserve it. Thus a foundational biblical intention for humankind is caring for nature.
Did God create Adam and Eve?
All the babies constantly being born into the world are created by God. As for the Genesis account, God explicitly created only two people at the time: Adam and Eve. ( Genesis 1:27 and Genesis 2:22) There is no question that YHVH/Creator God/Jesus created Adam & Eve.
What does the Bible say about the creation of mankind?
In chapter one of Genesis, before the story of Adam and Eve in chapter two, the Bible says God created mankind. Male and female created He them. He also created lots of other things that day. In chapter two, God planted a garden. The Bible does not say he created a garden.
Are there other humans besides Adam and Eve in the Bible?
It does not matter an iota, whether there are other humans created as ALL default to Adam and Jesus. In chapter one of Genesis, before the story of Adam and Eve in chapter two, the Bible says God created mankind. Male and female created He them. He also created lots of other things that day.
What does the New Testament say about Adam?
The New Testament also refers to Adam as the first human from whom all others descend ( Romans 5:12–14; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45–49; 1 Timothy 2:13 ). Genesis 2:7 says, “Then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.”