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ants of Adam. Hence, Christ is called ‘the son of Adam’, not a son of
Enosh. With the particle ('eth) in addition to the article it is very emphatic,
and means self, very, this same, this very. See Genesis 2:7 (first occur-
rence), 8,15.”

5. Compare Genesis 1:20, 21 and 24 and Genesis 2:19 with Genesis
1:30 and Genesis 2:7 and 2:19.

COMMENT: It is important to note that all the words for "Creature" in these
verses and all the words for "Life" (not life in “tree of life” 2:9) and "Soul" in
Genesis 2:7 -- are all translations of the same Hebrew word nephesh.

This suggests that man’s soul here is no more than life. So he does not
have a soul but when he is alive he is a soul, which he loses at death, an
important distinction for those who insist on unscriptural interpretations.
The state of a person after death, according to Scripture, should be sleep
awaiting the resurrection. (Sleep in Hebrew sheol = “grave”).

Since prayers cannot be offered up to Mary and the saints if they are
asleep, the Church of Rome favors the erroneous teaching that when one
dies, one goes straight to heaven.

6. What does verse 7 of Genesis 2 suggest?

COMMENT: The use of a masculine singular personal pronoun “his” in this
verse suggests that one male was created in Genesis 2:7 (i.e., “breathed
into his nostrils”).

7. Are there other verses that suggest this? Genesis 2:8, 15.

COMMENT: Man (= mankind), created in Genesis 1, were told in Genesis
1:28: “Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and

have dominion over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that
moveth upon the earth.” However, such is not the case with Adam in
chapter 2.

8. What was the man in Genesis 2 told to do by YEHOVAH God? Genesis
2:15.

COMMENT: The man in chapter 2 was told “to dress” (“to tend and keep”
in the KJV) the garden and was not simply a hunter-gatherer -- as "man-
kind" appears to be in chapter 1.

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