Adam

First man, created by God. Central figure in the creation narrative of Genesis.

Commentary on the Pentateuch of Moses

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — The narration of Adam, Eve, and paradise is historical, not allegorical

  "the things he narrates about paradise, Adam, Eve, and the creation of all things"

• Canons Bearing a Torch Before the Pentateuch — Listed among those given meaningful names

  "That this is so is clear in the names Adam, Eve, Seth, Cain, Noah, Abraham"

• Sacred Chronology — Jews and Christians begin chronology from Adam

  "the Jews and Christians begin their chronology from Adam"

• Sacred Chronology — From Adam up to the flood, 1656 years elapsed

  "From Adam up to the flood, 1656 years elapsed"

• Sacred Chronology — Adam, 130 years old, begets Seth

  "Adam, 130 years old, begets Seth."

Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)

• Introduction — Chronology begins from Adam

  "From Adam to the flood there elapsed 1,656 years."

• Introduction — Named as beginning the first part of Genesis

  "The first encompasses the deeds from Adam up to the flood"

• Verse 10: And God called the dry land Earth — God formed Adam and endowed him with Hebrew on the sixth day

  "on the sixth day, when He formed Adam and endowed him with the Hebrew language, then God called the dry land 'erets,"

• Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — "Man" in Genesis is Adam himself, the first man and parent of all others

  ""man" is Adam himself, the first man and parent of all others"

• Verse 26: Let Us Make Man in Our Image and Likeness — Original justice given to Adam in the first instant of creation

  "to Adam, in the first instant of his creation, along with grace, all the theological and moral virtues were simultaneously infused"

• Verse 27: Male and Female He Created Them — Created as male; Eve as female

  "He created Adam as male and Eve as female."

• Verse 28: Increase and Multiply — Created in mature age fit for generation

  "it is clear that Adam and Eve were created in a mature age"

• Verse 28: Increase and Multiply — The name Adam contains the four regions of the world in Greek

  "the four regions of the world are contained in the name Adam in Greek"

• Verse 31: And God Saw All Things That He Had Made, and They Were Very Good — Augustine's reason: Adam not yet perfect, not placed in paradise

  "man was not yet perfect, for he had not yet been placed in paradise"

Related

• Eve
• Seth
• Christ Prefigured in the Old Testament
• Typology