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Adam in the Bible

What does the Bible say about Adam?

Adam was the first man. God formed him from the dust, breathed into him the breath of life, and put him in the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:7, 2:15). When he ate from the forbidden tree, sin and death entered the world (Romans 5:12). He lived 930 years, and Paul calls Christ the last Adam (1 Corinthians 15:45).

  1. God creates Adam, the first man
  2. Adam and Eve
  3. Adam's sin and the fall

Adam in the Bible: God creates Adam, the first man

Made from the dust, in the image of God, and set in the garden.

5 verses

Genesis 2:7

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King James Version

And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

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Genesis 1:26-28

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26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. 27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. 28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

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Genesis 2:15

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And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.

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Genesis 2:16-17

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16And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat: 17But of the 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.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And the LORD God commanded him, “You may eat freely from every tree of the garden, but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

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Genesis 2:20

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And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

The man gave names to all the livestock, to the birds of the air, and to every beast of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

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Adam in the Bible: Adam and Eve

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Genesis 2:18

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And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

The LORD God also said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make for him a suitable helper.”

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Genesis 2:21-23

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21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; 22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. 23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he slept, He took one of the man’s ribs and closed up the area with flesh. And from the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man, He made a woman and brought her to him. And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”

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Genesis 3:20

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And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living.

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Adam in the Bible: Adam's sin and the fall

Adam ate from the tree God had forbidden, and was sent out of Eden.

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Genesis 3:6

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And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

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Genesis 3:9

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And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

But the LORD God called out to the man, “Where are you?”

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Genesis 3:12

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And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And the man answered, “The woman whom You gave me, she gave me fruit from the tree, and I ate it.”

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Genesis 3:17

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And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I commanded you not to eat, cursed is the ground because of you; through toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.

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Genesis 3:19

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In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground — because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

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Genesis 3:24

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So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

So He drove out the man and stationed cherubim on the east side of the Garden of Eden, along with a whirling sword of flame to guard the way to the tree of life.

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1 Timothy 2:14

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And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.

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Adam in the Bible: Adam's children and his death

Cain, Abel, Seth, and many more; Adam lived 930 years.

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Genesis 4:1

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And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.

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Genesis 4:25

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And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

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Genesis 5:1

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This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him;

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in His own likeness.

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Genesis 5:3

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And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, and after his image; and called his name Seth:

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

When Adam was 130 years old, he had a son in his own likeness, after his own image; and he named him Seth.

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Genesis 5:4

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And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

And after he had become the father of Seth, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.

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Genesis 5:5

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And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

So Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.

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Luke 3:38

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Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.

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Adam in the Bible: Adam and Christ, the last Adam

What Adam lost, Christ restores.

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Romans 5:12

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Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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Romans 5:14

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Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.

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Romans 5:19

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For as by one man's disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous.

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1 Corinthians 15:45

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And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

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1 Corinthians 15:47

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The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Berean Standard Bible (modern English)

The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

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Short Bible verses about Adam

Easy to memorize, to write in a card, or to send to a friend.

5 verses

  • “And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.”

    Genesis 3:20 KJV · 15 words

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  • “For Adam was first formed, then Eve.”

    1 Timothy 2:13 KJV · 7 words

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  • “And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?”

    Genesis 3:9 KJV · 14 words

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  • “And Adam was not deceived, but the woman being deceived was in the transgression.”

    1 Timothy 2:14 KJV · 14 words

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  • “For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”

    1 Corinthians 15:22 KJV · 15 words

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What the first Christians said about Adam

Exact words from our library of the early church writers. Each one opens at the place it was written.

“This is Adam, if the truth is to be told, the first man created, of whom the Scripture says that the Lord spoke, “Let Us make man in Our own image and likeness;” and we are all from him.”

IrenaeusAgainst Heresies, Book III
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“Adam was told that he would die on the day he ate from the tree and did not complete a thousand years”

Justin MartyrDialogue with Trypho
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The Greek and Hebrew words for Adam

The words behind the English. Each word page has a Listen button for how it is said.

Questions people ask about Adam in the Bible

Who was Adam in the Bible?

Adam was the first man. God formed him from the dust of the ground and breathed into him the breath of life (Genesis 2:7). God made him in His own image and gave him charge over the earth (Genesis 1:26-28).

Listen: Genesis 2:7 · Genesis 1:26-28

How long did Adam live?

Adam lived 930 years. "And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died" (Genesis 5:5).

Listen: Genesis 5:5

Who were Adam's children?

Adam and Eve had Cain and Abel (Genesis 4:1-2). After Abel was killed, Eve bore Seth (Genesis 4:25). Adam was 130 when Seth was born, and he also had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:3-4).

Listen: Genesis 4:25 · Genesis 5:4

Did Adam have a wife before Eve?

The Bible names only one wife for Adam: Eve, the woman God made from his rib and brought to him (Genesis 2:21-22). Adam called her Eve, "the mother of all living" (Genesis 3:20). Stories of an earlier wife are not in Scripture.

Listen: Genesis 2:21-23 · Genesis 3:20

What does "the last Adam" mean?

Paul calls Jesus "the last Adam" (1 Corinthians 15:45). Through the first Adam's disobedience sin and death came to all; through Christ's obedience many are made righteous and made alive (Romans 5:19; 1 Corinthians 15:22).

Listen: 1 Corinthians 15:45 · 1 Corinthians 15:22