| Q12 The first task that God gave Adam involved the birds and the animals. What was it?
And God brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them. Genesis 2:19
Q13 In carrying out this task, what did Adam notice?
But for Adam there was not an help meet found for him. Genesis 2:20
Q14 God already knew this for He had said, It is not good that the man should be alone, I will make an help meet for him. What did God do?
And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Genesis 2:21,22.
Q15 How does the Bible use this as a picture of the marriage of one man and one woman?
Therefore shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they shall become one flesh. Genesis 2:24
Q16 Who described Eve as Woman, and why?
And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of Man. Genesis 2:23
NOTE: It was only later that Adam called his wife Eve, when she conceived and bare children and became the ‘mother of all living’ people, which is what Eve means. Genesis 3:20
Q17 In whose image were they both created?
In the image of God created he them. Genesis 1:27
Q18 What was the first blessing that God put upon them?
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply. Genesis 1:28
Q19 What was the second blessing?
Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. Genesis 1:28
Q20 What did God explain to them was to be their food?
I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed, to you it shall be for meat.
Q21 God gave them only one commandment. What was it? |
