![]() ![]() ![]() In the second narrative, God fashions Adam from dust and places him in the Garden of Eden. Instead, God created humankind in God's image and instructed them to multiply and to be stewards over everything else that God had made. In the first, Adam and Eve are not named. In the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, chapters one through five, there are two creation narratives with two distinct perspectives. They also provide the basis for the doctrines of the fall of man and original sin that are important beliefs in Christianity, although not held in Judaism or Islam. They are central to the belief that humanity is in essence a single family, with everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. The Fall of Man by Peter Paul Rubens, 1628–29Īdam ( Hebrew: אָדָם ʾĀḏām Aramaic: ܐܕܡ Arabic: آدَم, romanized: ʾĀdam Greek: Ἀδάμ, romanized: Adám Latin: Adam) and Eve ( חַוָּה Ḥavvā Arabic: حَوَّاء, romanized: Ḥawwāʾ Greek: Εὕα, romanized: Heúa Latin: Eva, Heva Syriac: ܚܰܘܳܐ romanized: ḥawâ) according to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, were the first man and woman. ![]()
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