Several weeks ago (by the time this posts), a group of level 3 young ladies were studying the second chapter of Genesis, where Adam is created first, followed by the garden of Eden and its contents, Adam is the only human when God invites him to name the animals. Eve was then created as Adam's help-meet - as the flesh of his flesh and the bone of his bone - his earthly completion.
"I wonder why Adam was created first, and Eve only brought to the Garden after the naming of the animals?"
Perhaps a wrong choice of words - I was getting at "Why Adam first before all else; then Eve at the end --- as compared to chapter 1 when they seem to have been created in the same moment."
But let's take a look at the question I asked again:
"I wonder why Adam was created first, and Eve only brought to the Garden after the naming of the animals?"
An astute young lady confidently stated:
Perhaps because Adam and Eve would have argued about what to name the animals.
Indeed. Later, when reviewing typology of Sin, we further discussed that with the man as the head of the household/family, Adam's authority should be taken seriously and God was setting the stage for this plan for the human family. Eve still threw this order upside down - taking advantage of the fact that Adam failed to guard the garden (keep the serpent OUT to begin with) and guard his wife (he was right behind her while she was being tempted and led astray - he saw the whole thing). They were indeed equally guilty for Original Sin - and a huge part of that Original Sin came about because they turned the Plan of God - the order God created - upside down - thus disrupting all the REST of God's creation over which man is a steward.
Wow.
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