upon himself and his posterity all the sad consequences of his
transgression. The narrative of the Fall comprehends in it the great promise
of a Deliverer (Genesis 3:15), the “first gospel” message to man. They
were expelled from Eden, and at the east of the garden God placed a flame,
which turned every way, to prevent access to the tree of life (Genesis 3).
How long they were in Paradise is matter of mere conjecture.
Shortly after their expulsion Eve brought forth her first-born, and called
him Cain. Although we have the names of only three of Adam’s sons, viz.,
Cain, Abel, and Seth, yet it is obvious that he had several sons and
daughters (Genesis 5:4). He died aged 930 years.
Adam and Eve were the progenitors of the whole human race. Evidences of
varied kinds are abundant in proving the unity of the human race. The
investigations of science, altogether independent of historical evidence, lead
to the conclusion that God “hath made of one blood all nations of men for
to dwell on all the face of the earth” (Acts 17:26. Comp. Romans 5:12-12;
1 Corinthians 15:22-49).
- ADAMAH red earth, a fortified city of Naphtali, probably the modern
Damieh, on the west side of the sea of Tiberias (Joshua 19:33, 36). - ADAMANT (Hebrews shamir), Ezekiel 3:9. The Greek word adamas
means diamond. This stone is not referred to, but corundum or some kind
of hard steel. It is an emblem of firmness in resisting adversaries of the
truth (Zechariah 7:12), and of hard-heartedness against the truth (Jeremiah
17:1). - ADAM, A TYPE The apostle Paul speaks of Adam as “the figure of him
who was to come.” On this account our Lord is sometimes called the
second Adam. This typical relation is described in Romans 5:14-19. - ADAM, THE CITY OF is referred to in Joshua 3:16. It stood “beside
Zarethan,” on the west bank of Jordan (1 Kings 4:12). At this city the
flow of the water was arrested and rose up “upon an heap” at the time of
the Israelites’ passing over (Joshua 3:16). - ADAR large, the sixth month of the civil and the twelfth of the
ecclesiastical year of the Jews (Esther 3:7, 13; 8:12; 9:1, 15, 17, 19, 21). It
included the days extending from the new moon of our March to the new
moon of April. The name was first used after the Captivity. When the
season was backward, and the lambs not yet of a paschal size, or the