I'm sure that many will consider this blasphemy, yet I feel that I must address a few issues. This is in no way to say the bible is false, but to prove the truth of the bible. Lets address some facts that are often not talked about in church.
Adam Ha-Rishon as the first man, yet science has shown that humans (or man) is at least 10,000 years old. Pyramids, temples  & statues are but some of the things that date back further then the 6.000 years that man dates the events of the bible. Man teaches us that the bible started 6,000 years ago & that between the first few verses of genesis a few thousand years may have passed by without being recorded. The cave man and or the Neanderthal man are not mentioned, but all know that these forms of man existed. Primitive they were, it may be that there was a major difference between those humans & today's human beings. It is possible that Adam Ha-Rishon was the first human being of the current type that we are. The Douay-Rheims bible is the only bible I have come across that addresses this fact.  It is stated that God put His image..."This image of God in man, is not in the body, but in the soul; which is a spiritual substance, endued with understanding & free will."  While other bible in like form state that Adam Ha-Rishon was created as the manifest image of God's likeness & characteristics, as children reflect elements of their parents. Even as adopted children pick up the traits of their adopted parents & in that manner form into their likeness. This is in no way to say that God lied when He wrote this, or to say the bible is false. Only to address the question with more questions. Is Adam Ha-Rishon the first human/man of all times on the earth? Are all the scientific findings that state otherwise wrong? Is carbon dating, or any scientific method of dating how old a thing is incorrect, in that there was no inventions, buildings or human like beings before 6,000 years ago? I will again state the bible is fact, but often man's interpretation of it is lies & ignorance.
When Adam Ha-Rishon named all the animals, how did he do it in less than 24 hours? Did God freeze or slow time down immensely so that Adam would have time to complete the task. We are talking about millions of animal species, some extinct by time Adam was born, others not existing at that time. For example the Bombay cat was cross bread & made in the late 1950's. So for Adam to name this cat, God would have to time travel & bring animals from other time periods to Adam to name. I am in no way saying that God did not & could not do this, He's God. He can do almost anything (God can't lie, or go against His character or rules He set up). Genesis 2:19-20 states that God (physically) bought all animals to Adam Ha-Rishon to name & Adam did so as he felt. Moses who wrote the account of this event was not there when it happened, but God showed this to Moses. This shows that God can easily show someone the past so they can see it with their natural eyes. John saw the future in the book of Revelations. I state this to show that God is not limited by time & if He wanted to show someone things that were extinct or haven't come into existence he could easily do so.
Adam Ha-Rishon "(primordial human consciousness). This in no way resembled the human form as we know it." Adam-Kadmoni (the original) is another title given to this person. It is stated that while in one sect of beliefs Adam was kicked out of the garden because of sin, while in another Adam kicked God out of the garden of Eden because of sin. Adam is 1/5 worlds taught in the science of Kabbalah. Since this is not a lesson on that science, we will not be discussing the worlds in detail.   Islam regards Adam as the first prophet, while others argue that he was simply the father of all men.
Rather he was the father of all men, or humans as we know them to be today I do not know. He is known as the one God created from dirt. Many recognize not only the literal truth, but symbolic meaning as before we came into the light of God & felt His breath of life we were dirt. Then God made us into a living being. That is, not a being who is alive but dead, blinded & lost. In the beginning we were dark & void, until God said let there be light. At this moment in our life, there was light. The spirit of God flowed on the deep part of our innermost being. The worlds & everything in it was created for man to dominate & have delight in.
As you will also notice there is no mention of Eve or Lylith in this segment. We don't know if Lylith ever existed or if that is something man added onto the story. This may not look like an attempt to prove the bible, but infact it's an attempt to gain the true understanding of what God said when he said what he said.

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