Adam

'' For other uses of Adam, see Adam (disambiguation)

Michelangelo's The Creation of Adam, a fresco on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, shows God creating Adam, with Eve in His arm. While not strictly true to the Genesis account, this is one of the most famous depictions of the creation of Adam and Eve in Western art.

Adam ("Earth" or "Man", Standard Hebrew אָדָם, Adam; "Soil" or "Light Brown", Arabic آدم, Adam) was the first man created by Elohim according to the Abrahamic religious tradition. He is considered a prophet by the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, and Baha'i faiths.

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1 Judeo Christian view
2 Islamic view
3 Baha'i view
4 See also

Judeo Christian view

The story is told in the book of Genesis, contained in the Torah and Bible, chapters 2 and 3, with some additional elements in chapters 4 and 5. Other details of his life are given in apocryphal books, such as the Book of Jubilees and Book of Enoch.

According to the above accounts, Adam was created by Elohim, "in our image." He was then placed in the Garden of Eden. He was instructed to name all the animals, and was given a wife whom he named Eve. He and Eve lived in the garden and walked with God. Eventually, however, they were removed from the garden because they violated God's rule that they could not eat of the tree of knowledge.

After they were removed from the garden, Adam was forced to work for his food for the first time. He and Eve had three children named in Genesis: Cain, Abel, and Seth. The Book of Jubilees names two of his daughters: Azura, who married her brother Seth, and Awan, who married her brother Cain. Both Genesis and Book of Jubilees state that Adam had other children, but those other children are unnamed.

According to the Genealogies of Genesis, Adam died at the age of 930.

Islamic view

In the Qur'an, Adam is the first Prophet of God and the husband of Eve (Arabic: Hawwa).

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Judeo Christian view

Islamic view

Baha'i view

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