According to the biblical calculations of Archbishop James Ussher, it was on this date in 4004BC that Adam and Eve were created. 10 facts about Adam and Eve:
Adam’s name is generally taken to mean man, or mankind. It is closely related to a word in Hebrew which means dust, hence he is named after the stuff he was made from.
Eve’s name derives from the Hebrew name ‘Chavah’, which means to give life.
Chances are you know the story that Eve was tempted by the serpent to eat an Apple, giving her the knowledge of good and evil which she then shared with Adam, disobeying a direct order from God not to eat the fruit. However, in The Bible, there’s no actual mention of the fruit being an apple. Genesis 2:17 only refers to it as the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. So why do we always assume it’s an apple? Well, it’s probably a lost in translation thing. The Latin word for evil is “malum” but the same word also means apple, and at some point the two were blended together.
In the Old Testament, after the creation story, Adam and Eve are only mentioned one more time, a genealogical reference in I Chronicles 1:1.
Adam lived to the grand old age of 930. Nobody knows how old Eve was when she died.
How many children did they have? Accounts vary. The Genesis story only mentions three, Abel, who was killed by Cain, and Seth. Other traditions say there were six, the aforementioned three plus another son and two daughters whose names were Azura, Awan and Luluwa. Islamic tradition states that Eve eventually bore 20 sets of twins, and Adam had 40,000 offspring before he died.
Both Adam and Eve are recognised as saints. They share a feast day on 24 December, which has been celebrated since Medieval times. The date was chosen for them because it’s the day before Christmas, the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ. Adam is the patron saint of gardeners and tailors.
Their punishment for eating the fruit was to be banished from the Garden of Eden where their every need was catered for. Adam’s punishment was that he had to toil for his food now, and Eve’s was childbirth and being subservient to Adam.
Mark Twain wrote humorous and satirical diaries for Adam and Eve, entitled Eve's Diary and The Private Life of Adam and Eve, which were published posthumously.
In science, there’s evidence we all descended from common ancestors. These common ancestors have been called the Y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve.
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(Combat Team Series #2)
Steff was abducted by an evil alien race, the Orbs, at fourteen. Used as a weapon for years, he eventually escapes, but his problems are just beginning. How does a man support himself when his only work experience is a paper round and using an Orb bio-integrated gun?
Warlord is an alien soldier who knows little but war. When the centuries-old conflict which ravaged his planet ends, he seeks out another world where his skills are still relevant. There are always wars on Earth, it seems. However, none of Earth's powerful armies want him.
Natalie has always wanted to visit England and sees a chance to do so while using her martial arts skills, but there are sacrifices she must make in order to fulfil her dream.
Maggie resorted to crime to fund her sister's medical care. She uses her genetic variant abilities to gain access to the rooms of wealthy hotel guests. The Ballards look like rich pickings, but they are not what they seem. When Maggie targets them, little does she know that she is walking into a trap.
Hotel owner Hamilton Lonsdale puts together a combat team to pit against those of other multi-millionaires. He recruits Warlord, Natalie, Maggie and Steff along with a trained gorilla, a probability-altering alien, a stockbroker whose work of art proved to be much more than he'd bargained for, a marketing officer who can create psionic forcefields, a teleporting member of the landed gentry, and a socially awkward fixer. This is Combat Team Beta.
Steff never talks about his time with the Orbs, until he finds a woman who lived through it, too. Steff believes he has finally found happiness, but it is destined to be short-lived. He is left with an unusual legacy which he and Team Beta struggle to comprehend; including why something out there seems determined to destroy it.
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