Adam the 6th Day or the 8th Day Man?

                                                    Adam the 6th Day or the 8th Day Man?

The traditional view of the church is that Genesis 2 is a recapitulation of the events of Genesis 1; the reasoning is Genesis 2:4's Toledot below.

Genesis 2:4-6
English Standard Version
The Creation of Man and Woman
4 These are the generations
of the heavens and the earth when they were created,in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens


However, when examining other Toledots in Scripture (See end of post), they ALWAYS lead to a subsequent event, not a preceding event. None of them summarize the previous chapter.

Therefore, when applied logically and consistently, we can see that Genesis 2:4's Toledot is about the creation of Adam, the 8th day man.

The humans (men and women) in Genesis 1 were created DIRECTLY from God. They were hunters and fishermen who ate seeded fruit. (Now Cain's wife makes sense)

The skeptic would then say well God rested on the 7th day. Checkmate. Yes, God did rest on the 7th day. HOWEVER, he used the Heavens (rain clouds) and Earth(land) to bring forth the clay man farmer- Adam-to take care of the Garden. Eve was a suitable partner because she was meant to help with the farming.

God INDIRECTLY created Adam and Eve. The Heavens and the Earth gave birth to Adam then Eve (born from Adam). Both individuals experienced unique births. To understand the wording of Genesis 2:4 , we can rendered it as such below.

Genesis 2:4 Rendering.

4 These are the generations (Children-Adam and Eve)
of the heavens and the earth. The same ones created by Lord God on the Day he started the creation process.

Adam was brought to life on an unofficial 8th day between two creation processes. Likewise, Christ was brought back to life between two covenants on an unofficial 8th day.

Also, both (Adam and Christ) are born in a unique manner and both were brought to life into God's rest-the infinite 7th day. Notice Creation Day 7 doesn't mention a morning and evening like the other previous days. Lastly, both identify as our priest-king representative of the Edenic Temple/New Covenant Temple.

This is a major change how we see Adam and Eve and humanity as a whole.

Other Toledots
Ruth 4:18-20, Genesis 11:27-29 Numbers 3:1-3, Genesis 5:1-3, Genesis 6:9-11, Genesis 10:1-3, Genesis 11:10-13, Genesis 25:12-19 Genesis 36:1-8, 37:1-3

************************************************************************************************************
Why the Bible Never Describes Adam as the First Man of Humanity


1 Timothy 2:13
English Standard Version
13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve

Note: Adam was made before Eve. This is true. However, he was not made before the rest of humanity-The Day 6 people. Notice that in Genesis 1, God's name is Elohim, but in Genesis 2, when Adam and Eve are created, His covenant name Yahweh is used.


1 Corinthians 15:45
English Standard Version
45 Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving

Note: Adam is not the first human being because Christ is not the last human being. Adam is the first covenant representative and Christ is the last one.


Matthew 19:4
English Standard Version
4 He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

Note: This passage never mentions the names of Adam and Eve. However, it can serve as a composite passage of humanity and marriage. Alternatively, if it is about Adam and Eve, it doesn't talk about when they were created. It talks about their sex: male and female. Nowhere, it says Adam and Eve were the first man and first woman on Earth.


Acts 17:26
King James Version
26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;

Note: First, this is a bad translation. The Greek word that is used is Aima, not anthropos, aner, andrizomai,arrhen, na'ar,etc (possible Greek words for man).  

Second, Paul is saying that all ethnic groups are part of the (one) human species. Traditional Greek thought separated people into ‘Greek’ and ‘barbarian’ (anyone who was not a Greek). They considered themselves uniquely favored by the gods. With this in mind, Paul was addressing this attitude of superiority by using other Greek philosophers' to abandon these ideas of discrimination. He is not referring to Adam as the first human being who ever lived, nor is he saying all humans are the descendants of Adam. He is not referring to Adam at all. 

Paul’s Greek audience was not familiar with the Old Testament or Adam; the Greeks did not believe all humans came from one man and one woman. If anything, Paul used familiar Roman-Greco writings in order to connect with his audience better. Notice, in this chapter, Paul does not quote any Old Testament references. Instead, he used various Greek ideas and concerns that align closely to Biblical Truth.

‘the fixed limits of the places where they would live’ (verse 26)
For you have thought it over while paying very little attention to this, namely, that a portion of land has been properly set aside for human habitation as well as for space for use relating to the sentient gods.’, Philo (Grecian Jew), ‘On Abraham’ (2.74), 1st century AD.

‘so that they would search for God and perhaps grope around for him and find him’ (verse 27)

‘For nothing is better than to search for the true God, even if the discovery of him eludes human capacity.’, Philo, ‘The Special Laws’, 1st century AD.

‘though he is not far from each one of us’ (verse 27)
‘God is near you, he is with you, he is within you’, Seneca the Younger (Roman philosopher), ‘Letters’, 1st century AD.

‘For in him we live and move about and exist’ (verse 28)’
‘For in him we live and move and have our being’, Epimenides of Knossos (Greek philosopher), ‘Cretica’, 6th century BC.

For we too are his offspring’ (verse 28)
‘And we are his offspring’, Aratus (Greek poet), ‘Phaenomena’, 3rd century BC.

‘we should not think the deity is like gold or silver or stone, an image made by human skill and imagination’ (verse 29)
‘a god is not made with stone, don’t you know that God is not made with hands?', Pseudo-Heraclitus (attributed uncertainly to Heraclitus of Ephesus, a Greek philosopher, most likely written by a later follower), ‘Letters’, c. 5th century BC.

‘For we too are his offspring’ (verse 28). We might understand this as a reference to adoption through the work of Christ, or the children of God as a reference to God making Adam ( ‘the son of God’ in Luke 3:38). Unfortunately, the Greek audience would not have these ideas in mind. They would have instantly connected these teachings to their myths: humans were the physical offspring of the gods.




Genesis 3:20 English Standard Version 20 The man called his wife's name Eve, because she was the mother of all living.

Note: Eve is NOT the mother of Adam, the plants, and the animals. The usage is similar to how Cain's children were the father of their specialities. Genesis 4:20-22. Eve is one of the founders of the covenant line in which the Messiah will bring eternal life.