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Red, a Babylonian word, the generic name for [[Man (EBD)|man]], having the same meaning in the [[Hebrew language (EBD)|Hebrew]] and the [[Assyria (EBD)|Assyrian]] languages. It was the name given to the first man, whose [[Creation (EBD)|creation]], [[Fall of man (EBD)|fall]], and subsequent history and that of his descendants are detailed in the first [[Book (EBD)|book]] of [[Moses (EBD)|Moses]] (Gen. 1:27-ch. 5). "[[God (EBD)|God created man]] [Heb., Adam] in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them."
Adam was absolutely the first man whom God created. He was formed out of the [[Dust (EBD)|dust ]] of the [[Earth (EBD)|earth]] (and hence his name), and God breathed into his nostrils the breath of [[Life (EBD)|life]], and gave him dominion over all the lower creatures (Gen. 1:26; 2:7). He was placed after his creation in the [[Gardens (EBD)|Garden]] of [[Eden (EBD)|Eden]], to cultivate it, and to enjoy its fruits under this one prohibition: "Of the [[Tree of the knowledge of good and evil (EBD)|tree of the knowledge of good and evil]] thou shalt not eat of it; for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."
The first recorded act of Adam was his giving names to the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air, which God brought to him for this end. Thereafter the [[Lord (EBD)|Lord]] caused a deep sleep to fall upon him, and while in an unconscious state took one of his ribs, and closed up his flesh again; and of this rib he made a [[Woman (EBD)|woman]], whom he presented to him when he awoke. Adam received her as his [[Wife (EBD)|wife]], and said, "This is now bone of my bones, and [[Flesh (EBD)|flesh]] of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." He called her [[Eve (EBD)|Eve]], because she was the mother of all living.