6. Adam and Eve are swallowed
up by a sea monster
There seems to be no biblical
origin for this particular myth.
However the Hebrew word used
for serpent is often used of
leviathan, the sea monster, so this
may suggest a connection.
1. God Creates Adam from
the Dust
So God created man in his image, in
the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
Genesis 1:26
The Lord God formed man from the
dust of the ground, and breathed into
his nostrils the breath of life; and the
man became a living being.
Genesis 2:7
2. God creates Eve by taking a rib
from Adam’s side
So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to
fall upon the man, and he slept; then he
took one of his ribs and closed up its place
with flesh. And the rib that the Lord God
had taken from the man he made into a
woman and brought her to the man.
Genesis 2:21
3. The serpent tempts Adam and Eve
The serpent said to the woman, “Did God
say, ‘You shall not eat from any tree in the
garden’?” But the serpent said to the woman,
“You will not die; for God knows that when
you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and
you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
So ... she took of its fruit and ate; and she
also gave some to her husband. Then the
eyes of both were opened, and they knew
that they were naked; and they sewed fig
leaves together and made loincloths for
themselves.
Genesis 3:1
7. Jesus is crucified to take away
the sin of Adam
For since by a man came death, by a man
also came the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all
will be made alive
1 Corinthians 15:21
standing near the cross of Jesus were his
mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the
wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene.
John 19:25
8. The Resurrection of Jesus
‘I am ascending to my Father and your
Father, to my God and your God.’
John 20:17
4. Adam and Eve appear before
God wearing fig leaves
Then the eyes of both were opened,
and they knew that they were naked;
and they sewed fig leaves together
and made loincloths for themselves.
Genesis 3:7
5. God banishes Adam and Eve from
the Garden
God said “See, the man has become like
one of us, knowing good and evil; and
now, he might reach out his hand and
take also from the tree of life, and eat,
and live forever”— therefore the Lord
God sent him forth from the garden of
Eden, to till the ground from which he
was taken. He drove out the man; and at
the east of the garden of Eden he placed
the cherubim, and a sword flaming and
turning to guard the way to the tree of life.
Genesis 3:27
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