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Adam was not being "physically created" in Genesis 1 & 2
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Kek
stevehauk
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Let's 's take your translation::
And Jehove Elohim (God) created the man(Adam) dirt from the earth, and God "blew" life into him.
It would be like saying ....
And Jehove Elohim (God) created the man(Adam) --- [dirt from the earth being,] --- and God "blew" life into him.
So our question becomes: What kind of life did God create when He blew on Adam?
stevehauk
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All it is saying is that Adam was dust FROM the ground. Here is the literal translation::
Gen 2:7 And forming is Yahweh Elohim --- the human of soil from the ground, --- and He is blowing into his nostrils the breath of the living, and becoming is the human a living soul.
So our question becomes: What kind of life did God create when He blew on Adam?
Skwim
Veteran Member
Not according the Bible versions I listed. They say God "formed the man from the dust of the ground," or words to that effect. Not that Adam was in some way a dust entity, but that like a building that's formed from the arrangement of various materials, the Adam entity he was formed from dust particles.
In any case, have it any way you want.
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Adam was created and formed by God from a pre-existing material.
Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the pots of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms (asah) it, What are you making? (Isaiah 45:9).
The Hebrew has a play of words in Genesis 2:7. The word translated man is the Hebrew word adam while the word translated dust of the earth is the Hebrew word adamah. This emphasises that the origin of humankind is from the earth. After the Fall, this was also emphasised by God as He told Adam.
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of dust you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return (Genesis 3:19).
Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the pots of the earth. Shall the clay say to him who forms (asah) it, What are you making? (Isaiah 45:9).
The Hebrew has a play of words in Genesis 2:7. The word translated man is the Hebrew word adam while the word translated dust of the earth is the Hebrew word adamah. This emphasises that the origin of humankind is from the earth. After the Fall, this was also emphasised by God as He told Adam.
In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread till you return to the ground, for out of dust you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return (Genesis 3:19).
Segev Moran
Well-Known Member
In a nutshell, The creation of Man based on the ancient oral "tora" breaks it down like so:
When Adam was created, he was created in two manners: Material and spiritual.
The material is basically represented by the dirt of the earth (which might resemble the idea of humans being made of a stardust if you will)
The second creation part, speaks about the "soul". The one unique ingredient god "injected" into Adam to distinguish him from all other animals.
The word: בראשית (the first word of the OT), is starting with the character "ב", this character, in Gimatriya, is represented by the number 2.
It is also, then, explained, that the number 2 here is the symbolism of the two parts creation of the universe. the material and the spiritual.
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