Adam and Eve

:For other uses of Adam or Eva, see Adam (disambiguation) and Eve (disambiguation). For the orchid species commonly called Adam and Eva, see Aplectrum hyemale.

Later stories

In the Book of Jubilees, a daughter (Awân) is born to Adam and Eve after the birth of Abel, Seth, a daughter named Azûrâ, and nine other sons who are not named. Cain later marries Awân and Seth marries Azûrâ. But according to Genesis Rabba and other later sources, Cain had a twin sister and Abel had two twin sisters or Cain had a twin sister named Lebuda and Abel a twin sister named Qelimath. In The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan, Cain's twin sister is named Luluwa, and Abel's twin sister is named Aklia.

Related Topics:
Book of Jubilees - Genesis Rabba

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There are a number of pseudepigraphical works about Adam and Eve:

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• The Life of Adam and Eve in variant versions,
• The Testament of Adam,
• The Conflict of Adam and Eve with Satan,
• The Gnostic Apocalypse of Adam.

According to later traditions, Adam had two earlier mates. A medieval text, Alphabet of Ben Sira, tells that Lilith left Adam after refusing to assume a sexually subordinate position. The second unnamed bride of Adam was purportedly made in the same way Adam was (from the "dust of the earth") but the sight of her creation proved to much for Adam to take and he refused to go near her. Her fate is unrecorded.

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A tradition not found in the Bible text holds that the forbidden fruit was an apple. The larynx in the human throat has been called Adam's apple because of a notion that it was caused by the forbidden fruit sticking in the throat of Adam.

Related Topics:
Apple - Larynx - Adam's apple

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Some Biblical scholars have placed the Garden of Eden in what is now the Persian Gulf region. Others have suggested a location in Anatolia (Asia Minor)). Biblical geography had four rivers flowing from it: Tigris, Euphrates, Pishon and Gihon.

Related Topics:
Persian Gulf - Anatolia - Asia Minor - Tigris - Euphrates - Pishon - Gihon

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