[[File:Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden Mexico.jpg|thumb|Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden, 1728, Mexico.]]According to ''[[Genesis]]'', '''Adam''' (Hebrew '''אָדָם''') was the first human being. The [[Lord ]] made him in His own image and loved him even after he disobeyed Him. His wife was [[Eve]].
Adam lived for 930 years.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=5|version=NASB}}</ref> The [[Bible]] mentions that Adam and Eve had two children called [[Cain]] and [[Abel]]. According to Jewish tradition they had 56 children <ref>Whiston, William, in footnote 8 of his translation of Josephus, Flavius, [http://www.ccel.org/j/josephus/works/ant-1.htm#EndNote_ANT_1.8a Antiquities of the Jews - Book I].</ref> fulfilling [[God]]'s command to be fruitful and to multiply throughout the earth .<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=28|version=NASB}}</ref> The [[Bible]] does not mention any specific number of children of Adam—only that he "had other sons and daughters"<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=4|version=NASB}}</ref>—but does say that Adam and Eve did have another son named [[Seth]], when Adam was 130 years old. He is mentioned as taking the place of Abel who had been murdered by Cain.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=3|version=NASB}}</ref>
Traditional [[Christian]] thought considers Adam and Eve to be the father and mother of the human race and as such the first marriages originally occurred between brothers and sisters. It is believed this would not cause a difficulty from a genetic standpoint because it would take many generations for mutations degrading the human genetic code from God's perfect creation to accumulate sufficiently to be a problem.<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/tools/cains_wife.asp "Cain's wife—who was she?"], Chapter 8 of ''The Revised and Expanded Answers Book'', (Master Books).</ref>
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==Further reading==
*Terry Mortenson, PhD (2016). [https://answersingenesis.org/store/product/searching-adam/?sku=10-3-134 ''Searching for Adam: Genesis & the Truth About Man's Origin'']. Green Forest, Arkansas: Master Books. ISBN: 9780890519752.
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