Genesis 5:2 "God called [their] name Adam"

[Benjamin1978]

Genesis 5:2 says, “and called their name Adam.”
That verse fascinates me — it shows Adam not as one man, but as a family name, embracing both male and female.


The very root of Genesis means “genes” — the code of creation. From the beginning, God made everything in pairs.


On the sixth day, God created man — male and female, in His own image. (Genesis 1:27)


So, the formula for creation has always been unity — male and female together manifesting the oneness of God: one mind, two expressions.


Jesus was called the second Adam, because “all in Adam die.”


But look deeper — Eve was called the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).
If the woman is the vessel of life, could it be she was the first life to carry man?

 

[Dino246]

But look deeper — Eve was called the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).
If the woman is the vessel of life, could it be she was the first life to carry man?

Good observations. What do you mean, exactly, by this last question?

 

[Benjamin1978]

Thanks. Conventional wisdom says, man was physically here first, and afterwards came the woman. But since every Father has a MOTHER biologically she would have to precede he in the act of physical manifestation.

 

[ResidentAlien]

Thanks. Conventional wisdom says, man was physically here first, and afterwards came the woman. But since every Father has a MOTHER biologically she would have to precede he in the act of physical manifestation.

Conventional wisdom doesn't say man was physically first, God says it in His word. Human wisdom might say logically the woman would have to be first, but I believe God, not human wisdom.

 

[Benjamin1978]

But the scripture says in Genesis God created man on the 6th day. Man was the human being (male/female) that God created in his own image. (Genesis 1:27) it seems like your implying Adam was a singular man who physically was born without coming through the womb of a woman? Which is why God called [their] name, the mom and dad, "Adam". (Genesis 5:2)

 

[Benjamin1978]

Conventional wisdom doesn't say man was physically first, God says it in His word. Human wisdom might say logically the woman would have to be first, but I believe God, not human wisdom.

But the scripture says in Genesis God created man on the 6th day. Man was the human being (male/female) that God created in his own image. (Genesis 1:27) it seems like your implying Adam was a singular man who physically was born without coming through the womb of a woman? Which is why God called [their] name, the mom and dad, "Adam". (Genesis 5:2)

 

[Benjamin1978]

Good observations. What do you mean, exactly, by this last question?

Thanks. Conventional wisdom says, man was physically here first, and afterwards came the woman. But since every Father has a MOTHER biologically she would have to precede he in the act of physical manifestation.

 

[ResidentAlien]

But the scripture says in Genesis God created man on the 6th day. Man was the human being (male/female) that God created in his own image. (Genesis 1:27) it seems like your implying Adam was a singular man who physically was born without coming through the womb of a woman? Which is why God called [their] name, the mom and dad, "Adam". (Genesis 5:2)

I must not be understanding what you're saying then. I doubt I have anything meaningful to contribute so I'll sit this one out.

 

[Benjamin1978]

I must not be understanding what you're saying then. I doubt I have anything meaningful to contribute so I'll sit this one out.

No problem. Just to keep it simple. Because the bible is written so poetically. The story of immaculate conception in the New Testament with Jesus being called the 2nd Adam is based on the same principles that God established "in the beginning" in Genesis. The misconception that when God "formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life and he became a living soul" is NOT according to scripture the 1st act of Gods creation of "people". See Genesis 1:27. This is Before God forms Adam. Male and female were already created in his image. And every since the beginning God formed the woman with a womb to carry life and give birth. So just like in the New Testament with Jesus and his mother Mary. In the Old Testament God called the MOTHER of Adam "Adam". Because that is the basic fundamental purpose and essence of a woman. Her womb is the gateway between spirit and matter or heaven and earth.

 

[Aaron56]

Genesis 5:2 says, “and called their name Adam.”
That verse fascinates me — it shows Adam not as one man, but as a family name, embracing both male and female.


The very root of Genesis means “genes” — the code of creation. From the beginning, God made everything in pairs.


On the sixth day, God created man — male and female, in His own image. (Genesis 1:27)


So, the formula for creation has always been unity — male and female together manifesting the oneness of God: one mind, two expressions.


Jesus was called the second Adam, because “all in Adam die.”


But look deeper — Eve was called the mother of all living (Genesis 3:20).
If the woman is the vessel of life, could it be she was the first life to carry man?

Woman was the first son of God, son of man.

 

[Magenta]

The story of immaculate conception in the New Testament

No such thing, actually. The dogma of the immaculate conception has to do with the RCC belief of Mary
being preserved from the sin of Adam so that Jesus could be born sinless, as if He needed her help.
People think it has to do with Jesus being born of a virgin, but that is not right. In fact the RCC has
only two ex cathedra dogmas, and they both concern Mary. Ex cathedra means declared from the
chair (of Peter), and these dogmas are mandated for the Catholic to believe, despite there being
absolutely no Scriptural support for either of them. The second one is the assumption of Mary.