I believe the Genesis 2 creation account was designed to show themutuality, compatibilityand unity of the first man and woman. It may be we are even meant to understand that they both had the same source,ha’adam, and shared the same flesh made from the same dust of the ground that had...
The creation of Adam and Eve was a special case—neither of them had mothers or came from an embryo, so it’s illegitimate to extrapolate from their example. It would be just as (il)logical to claim that since they began lives as adults, human life today doesn’t begin till adulthood!
But then this was the Lord of creation, the one they had come to trust. The point of these narratives is that the creation of Abraham’s offspring, which eventually became Israel, is no less a miraculous work of creation than the creation of the world itself. Genesis 18:15 tn Heb“And...
The implementation of the basic findings into practical aspects is expected to result in creation of plants with improved xylem properties related to plant survival under conditions of water stress and for production of biofuel and biomaterials. Xylogenic zinnia cultures contributed to most of the ...