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Adam
The first man God created
Adam was the first man. God gave him a beautiful garden to take care of, and he even named the animals!
Pictures of Bible people are an artist's imagination. The Bible doesn't tell us exactly what they looked like.
Important events
- God formed Adam and breathed life into him.
- Adam named the animals.
- Adam and Eve disobeyed God and left the garden.
Read about Adam in the Bible
Bible-times background
Genesis presents Adam as the first human, formed by God and placed in the Garden of Eden.
What it meansLessons we can learn
- God made people to know him and care for creation.
- Our choices matter.
No one knows exactly what people in the Bible looked like. Our pictures are artists' ideas.
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