Thursday, January 14, 2010

Gen. 5:2

Male and female…called their name Adam

See Gen. 1:27 for further detail. God created male and female, but He didn’t do it at the same exact time. This is just the same as saying, “I ate a sandwich and spaghetti.” I could easily have had the sandwich for lunch and spaghetti for dinner. A further explanation of specifics, then, is in Gen. 2.

The name “Adam,” here, refers to the entire human race, as well as to the fact that the two “became one flesh.” And, they did this before they ever sinned, as Adam and Eve are married by Gen. 2:25.