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In another apocryphal text of the Hebrew religion, the redemptive blood of Jesus Christ flowed onto the grave of Adam who was buried under Calvary in the Holy Sepulcher. Likewise, another Jewish tradition holds that Adam was the prototype of mankind, meaning that the story of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and their eventual downfall is an allegory for the human condition and man's weakness for sin. In addition, some scholars argue that Adam was the father of all the races, formed from different colored clays found in the natural world. Of course, these descriptions are not in line with what the Scriptures say about Adam and Eve and their departure from the Garden of Eden in shame.

After Cain murdered his brother Abel and was cast out into the wilderness by God, Adam fathered another son named Seth ("And Adam knew his wife again, and she bared a son and called his name Seth," Genesis 4:25). As the years passed, Seth became a father ("And to Seth, to...

In Chapter 5 of the Book of Genesis, we find the last detailed description of Adam -- "And Adam lived a hundred and thirty years" after the birth of Seth, and "the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years" and "all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died" (3-5). The remainder of Chapter 5 lists all of Adams descendants up to the time of Noah and the Great Flood.
There are also several references to Adam in the New Testament. First, in the book of Luke, Adam is referred to as the first link in the family tree of Jesus Christ; in the book of Matthew, Jesus refers to the union of Adam and Eve as evidence of God's purpose for marriage, and Paul refers to Adam and Eve as the basis for teaching about sexual relationships. Paul also mentions the order in which they were created in his discussions about the relationships between men and women.

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references to Adam in the New Testament. First, in the book of Luke, Adam is referred to as the first link in the family tree of Jesus Christ; in the book of Matthew, Jesus refers to the union of Adam and Eve as evidence of God's purpose for marriage, and Paul refers to Adam and Eve as the basis for teaching about sexual relationships. Paul also mentions the order in which they were created in his discussions about the relationships between men and women.
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