Adam and his wife died physically after eating the Forbidden Fruit. Genesis 2:17 is Literal.

[Jayhawker Soule]

P.S. Not saying that errors are not made, nevertheless is it Cannan or Canaan?

• Canaan
• See also Redford's Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times

What I am saying is that time lapses or differences in various cultures can be offsetting.

I have no clue what that's suppose to mean, and I certainly have no idea how it relates to my response to your previous P.S.

 

[Kfox]

Adam and his wife died *physically* after partaking of the Forbidden Fruit. Moreover, it was on that very day...

Genesis 2:17
"But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die."

• Day means Day, as in twenty-four hours or less.
• Surely Die means Surely Die, as in physical death.

As far as I know, I am the only person on the planet that believes the above verse.

Both Christians and Non-Christians alike will take away and add words to the verse to make it state something it does not.

Some examples include...

• Spiritual Death: Adam and his wife 'died Spiritually'.
• Begin to Age: The 'aging process' for Adam and his wife 'began ticking'.
• Day is a Thousand Years: Adam and his wife 'died within a thousand-year timeframe'.

Note that taking away and adding to the Word of God is of course a very big no-no, yet everyone does it with Genesis 2:17.

There is no need however, to alter the verse. Genesis 2:17 agrees with the entire Bible when taken literally.

In fact, it is the *only* way in which it does!

If Adam and Eve died after eating the forbidden fruit, who gave birth to Cain and Able?

 

[osgart]

Wow, a whole thread on literal Genesis interpretations! I hope no one gets it wrong because of the fires of hell.

Good luck with the mental gymnastics!

 

[Anne1]

Paul thought of Adam through the lens of typology. The entire of Genesis is called allegory by the church.

 

[YoursTrue]

Paul thought of Adam through the lens of typology. The entire of Genesis is called allegory by the church.

Meantime it explains why we die.

 

[Kfox]

Paul thought of Adam through the lens of typology. The entire of Genesis is called allegory by the church.

Matthew 19:4 indicates Jesus believed Adam and Eve were the first people.