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Who Was Adam in the Bible?
The short version, the key verse, and three quiz questions to check what you remember.
Adam was the first man God created.
God formed Adam from the dust of the ground and placed him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it. Adam named the animals, and God made Eve as his wife. When Adam and Eve ate from the tree God had forbidden, sin entered the world and they were sent out of the garden. The New Testament contrasts Adam with Christ as the “last Adam.”
Key verse
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.Genesis 2:7 (KJV)
Where to read about Adam
Genesis 1–5; Romans 5:12–19; 1 Corinthians 15:22, 45
Quick quiz
1. What was Adam formed from?
The dust of the ground (Genesis 2:7).
2. What job did Adam do for the animals?
He named them (Genesis 2:19–20).
3. What were the names of Adam’s first two sons?
Cain and Abel.