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Adam is portrayed as the height of God's creation, made in the image and likeness of God, and entrusted with the stewardship of creation.

The creation of Adam

As a unique event

Genesis 2:7

In the image of God

Genesis 1:26-27 See also Genesis 5:1; 1 Corinthians 11:7; James 3:9

His commission from God

Genesis 1:28; Genesis 2:15 See also Genesis 1:26; Psalm 8:4-8; Psalm 115:14-16

His incompleteness without Eve

Genesis 2:18-24 See also Genesis 1:27; Genesis 5:1-2; Matthew 19:4-6 pp Mark 10:6-9

His position and privileges

Genesis 1:28-29; Genesis 2:19-20

The limitations of his freedom

Genesis 2:16-17 See also Genesis 3:1-3

The fall of Adam

The nature of his sin

Genesis 3:6 See also Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:12,17; Hosea 6:7

Immediate results of his sin

Genesis 3:7-10

God's curse upon Adam and the earth

Genesis 3:17-19 See also Genesis 5:29; Job 7:1; Job 10:9; Psalm 90:3; Ecclesiastes 2:17-23; Ecclesiastes 3:20; Romans 8:20

The life of Adam after the fall

His expulsion from the garden

Genesis 3:21-24

His children

Genesis 4:1-2 See also Genesis 4:25; Genesis 5:3-4; 1 Chronicles 1:1

His lifespan and death

Genesis 5:5

See also

1325  God, the Creator
4050  dust
4241  Garden of Eden
5002  human race & creation
5023  image of God
5033  knowledge of good & evil
5093  Eve
5628  work
5714  men
6112  banishment
6154  fall, the
8718  disobedience