Genesis

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Adam (“the man”) Character Analysis

The first man, Adam’s name is from the Hebrew for “human being” and is also closely linked to the Hebrew for dust or earth. Adam is formed from the dust of the ground and brought to life by God’s breath. Adam is given “dominion” over the rest of God’s creatures and, because none of these creatures is a fit companion for him, he is given a wife, Eve (formed by God from one of Adam’s ribs). After Adam joins Eve in eating fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, Adam is cursed with death, frustration in earthly toil, and expulsion from the garden of Eden. Adam becomes the father of Cain, Abel, and Seth and lives for 900 years.

Adam (“the man”) Quotes in Genesis

The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Adam (“the man”) or refer to Adam (“the man”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
God, Humanity, and Creation Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it[.]

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Page Number: 1:26–28
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 2 Quotes

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.

Related Characters: Adam (“the man”) (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”)
Page Number: 2:20–23
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Related Characters: The Serpent (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Related Symbols: Fruit
Page Number: 3:4–7
Explanation and Analysis:
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Adam (“the man”) Quotes in Genesis

The Genesis quotes below are all either spoken by Adam (“the man”) or refer to Adam (“the man”). For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
God, Humanity, and Creation Theme Icon
).
Chapter 1 Quotes

Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

So God created humankind in his image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.

God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it[.]

Related Characters: God/the LORD God (speaker), Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Page Number: 1:26–28
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 2 Quotes

The man gave names to all cattle, and to the birds of the air, and to every animal of the field; but for the man there was not found a helper as his partner. So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and he slept; then he took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh. And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. Then the man said,

“This at last is bone of my bones
and flesh of my flesh;
this one shall be called Woman,
for out of Man this one was taken.

Related Characters: Adam (“the man”) (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”)
Page Number: 2:20–23
Explanation and Analysis:
Chapter 3 Quotes

But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die; for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate. Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made loincloths for themselves.

Related Characters: The Serpent (speaker), God/the LORD God, Eve (“the woman”), Adam (“the man”)
Related Symbols: Fruit
Page Number: 3:4–7
Explanation and Analysis: