Once the need was demonstrated, God put Adam to sleep, removed one of Adam’s ribs (Genesis 2:21), and from that rib fashioned Adam’s female counterpart (Genesis 2:22). So He showed Adam how other creatures had their opposite-gender counterparts (Genesis 2:19–20) and how none of those were suitable for Adam. God formed him from the dust of the earth and gave him the breath of life, and Adam became a living being.Īfter God created Adam, He stated that it wasn’t good for Adam to be alone-God had designed humanity to be male and female, and the job wasn’t yet finished. Genesis 2:7 recounts the creation of Adam. While the creation account in Genesis 1 tells us God created man (humanity), the specifics of how He distinguished male and female are found in the next chapter.
This makes evident the subtle nuance that humanity-called “man” ( adam)-was more than the individual human named Adam. In Genesis 1:27, He accomplishes it and tells the reader that He made man (Hebrew, adam) in His own image and likeness, but the narrative adds that He also created man as male and female. In Genesis 1:26 recounts God’s stated intention to create humanity.
