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Ge.4:1-4

Adam knew Eve, his wife

Adam knew his wife. Is it not what marriage for? It is not as simple as it seems on paper. Marriage is also a transaction between two parties. Disobeying God brought sin into the world.Sin lying at the door created a no man's land where knowing good and evil without the truth ripens into a bitter fruit. A proof to which is the familiar eleventh commandment. "Thou shalt not be found out" It is how Satan has set the line of least resistance before man. Peer pressure is yet another and envy as we shall see from the manner the career of Abel and Cain would show.

Man and woman were like gods in a manner of speaking but without the glory of God as their covering they were adrift from the wisdom, which came from heaven. So their carnal knowledge spelled a certain loss. "And knowledge of the Holy One is understanding." By sin they came short of the fount of godly gifts they could freely access.. Adam as a representational figure came short of the glory of God. "The Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken."(3:23)

" For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Ro.3:23-NKJV). Adam was conscious of his nakedness and without the glory of God his knowledge was not adequate to safeguard the future prospects of his two sons. His carnal knowledge ever since would leave nothing but misery and union of man and woman up against mounting challenges, not to mention the dysfunctional families. Adam knew Eve and she knew that Cain was a gift from God. But with what would they fill his head? Without glory of God and access to wisdom from heaven he settled for an alternate reality. He took the easy way out by following his father's occupation. Abel instead went on to be the keeper of sheep.

Ge.3:22-25 "The Way"

"So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."

The Holy Spirit began the narrative by 'now' which refers to the characteristic of serpent as created by God. So the fall of man must be seen 'in the present' as against the eternal mind of God where emblem of the slain Lamb or the brazen serpent raised on a pole ( John 3:14), which implied the death of his Son. In order to set the context of his fall the Spirit points to another emblem, which is also about the Son. I am the way, the truth and life." Jesus declared, "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." ( John 14:6) So Salvation plan as determined by the Lord God was neither from the east west south or north but was Person specific. This tree of life symbolized the prince of Life.

The cherubim is often represented as fiery beings attendant upon the Lord and jealous for His holiness. The flaming sword which turned every way therefore is to be understood beyond the heaven and earth and the kingdom of God. As mentioned earlier cardinal directions as we know the term have no bearing upon the Lord God As the visible image of the invisible God in him was the fulness of the heights and of the depths.

" For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:/ And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the pre-eminence./ For it pleased the Father that in him should all fullness dwell."( Col 1:15-19)

Ge.1:15 "Enemity"

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."

"Enmity between thee and the woman" which owes to the manner the man upset the order God had established. He sinned. It was useless as the creature questioning the creator, "Woe to him who strives with him who formed him, a pot among earthen pots! Does the clay say to him who forms it, 'What are you making?' or 'Your work has no handles'?"(Is.45:9-ESV) St Paul references this in his epistle, "Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honourable use and another for dishonourable use?"(Ro.9:20-21) God set an order so she signified the body the holy family of God formed of the doctrine of God. The man was created in his own image meaning that he stood as the double for his Son. Byletting contextual truth come in between Adam created a no-man's land, a spiritual space nevertheless where truth is like putty and one moment it is transactional truth where we have the rider 'Caveat emptor! or 'all is fair in love and war'. Ways of the world is what man's disobedience created. To this God would address thus,"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him."(Ge.4:7)

Ge.3:7

"And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons."

Without commitment truth in the inward parts with Eve her heart was a strange continent and it was disengaged so to speak. So the rational way in which the serpent spoke and presented the delectable form and color of fruits inflamed her senses. Without which influencers of our times would not succeed in enriching themselves. Did you notice the instagram look these days? Lately it is sporting a gaunt look and they succeed to con the unwary undergo buccal fat removal. The sunken cheeks shall soon show that of a hideous hag, and when truth hits women, they shall rue that accentuating high cheekbones is pass. This is called ways of the world. Satan presides over the foolish and it works on this premise: 'every man's loss is someone else's gain'. In winning over Eve Satan gained thwarting the Salvation plan of God.

Eve passed on her knowledge of good and evil to her man. They did eat. Since then living in one world of now became the norm. The world of the Spirit for many is non-existent. Glory which was an ornament and a covering for them vanished! Their eyes opened only to know they were naked." What useless knowledge was that?

Without setting the truth like frontlets before your eyes how are you settling what is good or what is evil? Some barbaric countries are willing to hang the youth for matters they as old have not arrived at. Their religion have deceived them just Satan deceived Adam and Eve. They made themselves aprons which was what their knowledge could come up.

Jesus said, 'in me you might have peace'.( John 16:33). How true it is. Look how the man and woman reacted at the voice of the Lord! They were thrown into confusion.

Ge.3:6 "Living Soul"

"She took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat."

Contextual truth is from Satan since it does not give truth its total sovereignty to the word as He intended. When He sent his Son he defined what he was. "I am the Way, the truth and the life" Instead believing it it opens way for extraneous matters judge truth. We have a couple of examples: Eve saw the fruit of the tree from the POV of Satan and let her senses settle the matter. Compare with Thomas who would not believe unless he saw the nail marks by his own eyes. What did Jesus Christ say," blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed."( John 20:29). Adam in his turn let his love for Eve forget himself. He should have asked himself, "What has God said about eating of the fruit?" He simply ate what she gave to him.

Man thus became a servant to sin. Instead of the Law of Spirit he would be judged under the law of sin.

God had made his Will clear to Adam. What the serpent made of 'In the day' and saying thou shalt not die was at odds with the soul and it made the man accountable to God. God allowed to eat of all other fruits freely including from the tree of life. God's commandment, "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die," would have grave consequences upon the soul of man.

In the same vein the nascent church was given an underhand swipe when Constantine I adopted Christianity as the state religion. It eased the state policy of persecution. Outwardly it spared the body of the Church. Since then are we not assailed by heresies without let?

Ge.3:5 "Contextual Truth"

"For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."

Here we have the serpent speaking the will of Satan, the father of lies, as his own. This is what you call as contextual truth. You have not seen it working while something else is,- 'thy law is within my heart.'(Ps.40:8). In short he was rejecting that God had blessed him with, 'and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth,'(Ge.1:30)included him as well.

He thus serves as the body for Satan to undermine his own state of being. So he speaks 'truth' which is contextual so it keeps changing, with whoever serves at time or place as the mouthpiece for Satan. It is thus heresies have come to stay. One says city of God and begins reforming all about meddling with princes to serve his own interests, and after he has taken over reins he sets to fire all opposition whether they are branded as witches or as heretics do not matter. It is truth as he frames it. Then comes another claiming 'worker's paradise' and bloodshed and bonfire of whatever he deems as false. Such contextual truth is like playing by the ear so it keeps changing, leading nowhere but it does prove indeed calamitous for the world.

Who was Eve but the bone of man's bones, and flesh of his flesh, in terms the law within her heart made her standing more than an entity. She was called to be the bride for the Son!"I am the Way, the truth and the life"

Ge.3:1

"Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made."

Of his fulness every body reveals the glory in varying measure, meaning no two bodies are same. Serpent received his share as any other. When you apply this to the level of the body of Christ the church, we shall understand the significance of the Pauline dictum:"For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ:/ Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:"(Ep.4:11-12)

Coming back to His creation God blessed them so the subtlety of the serpent was commendable. It is in this sense Jesus commends his disciples to take note of, "Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves."(Matt.10:16) The serpents are wisdom, wisdom of which was emblematic of the divine blessing.

Fall of man or Corruption did not come from subtlety of the serpent. In paying heed to it another doctrine had got in by stealth. What was need for another when you have the perfect within? "Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?"(Jas.3:11). Doctrine of God was the same as of the Son. He declared, "I do always those things that please him"( John 8:29). This is what the Spirit means by the Psalm quote mentioned above. "The law was within my heart."

This same corruption we find where the heart is not established by grace; instead man's treasure conceals contraband goods,- riches of mammon. Serving mammon is evil communication which corrupts good manners. It is thus prosperity theology has corrupted great many, an evil.

Ge.3:1-5

"Coming short of the glory"

God blessed man on the sixth day (Ge.1:28-30). The everlasting covenant has been signed and sealed between God and Man,the Spirit annotates the abstract "and, behold, it was very good"-1:31). Those who still would not enter theerin and be part of the day sanctified is marked by 666. He is, to all intent and purpose, the son of perdition.

We have been studying in these two chapters how God placed Adam in the Garden planted by Him.

He did not need anyone telling him with regards to the commandment.

Now this advise from the serpent,"And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die."(v.4)

Evil communication corrupts good manners and it is what happening with Eve. As flesh and boned drawn from the man she was in the full know being a living soul herself. What he was, she was in her own right as the Bride. "At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you."( John 14:20) This is what the Spirit referred " and they shall be one flesh."

In going along with his gratuitous remark she looks at the forbidden fruit and she sees it as he wanted her to see. In order to guard aginst ii the Spirit gives us this recipe. "For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light."(Ps.36:9)

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:

3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:

5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

Ge.2:25 Conclusion

"And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed."

Nakedness refers to the world of the flesh and blood. "All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men." This flesh when dies is sown in dishonor. For those who die in the Lord it is raised in glory.(Re.14:13). For those who die to the world and sin at baptism by water, the same glory marks for those who are committed, we have this confidence, "we shall not be found naked."(2 Co.5:1-3)So the world of the body is distinct from the natural body where we are heirs of promise 'earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:'. We walk by faith and not by sight and also groan but the grace of God keeps our hearts established. It is the mid-air where our heavenly place is being hid in Christ. It was thus Adam was place in the Garden that God had planted. He had to dress his world also keep it.(2:15) Whether he did this part is what we are coming to in the next chapter.

The Bible narrative begins from v.4,-and the generations from Adam to Jesus to draw an analogy from music, are strong chord progressions leading to the home key which is the day. So when God tells Adam "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.((2:17) it is to the day He references "in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens."(2:4). This holy family is set in mid-air which must be kept in mind. (Re.21:3)

Ge.2:24 "They shall be one flesh"

One flesh refers to the glory of the Word. It is in this sense we have this verse," All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men"(1 Co.15:39). The rib which as fashioned by or tailor-made by God for Adam is the doctrine of Christ. Jesus explained what he means by it."My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself."( John 7:16-19)

From the manner Adam responded to declaim," This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh" he knew well the glory of the word made both bone and flesh a perfect fit. "Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace."(He.13:9). As a double for the Son his life henceforth was to do his will, which as we shall soon come to the simple question he had to answer, "Obey the commandment of God or not? Where did the strange doctrine come from? The serpent was merely a decoy. In the world of the flesh he was an entity and the strange doctrine was supplied to him by Satan

It is thus we need ask ourselves: are we fully living under grace or are we carried about by diverse and strange doctrines?

Ge.2:23-25 "One'

"And they shall be one flesh."

Here we have the answer to the mystery of the earth. It abides forever because it signifies the Son in whom all things hold together 'and by him all things consist.'. So the unseen God is made visible in his Son, and who was before all things.(Col.1:16-17) God separated the waters below in order to make the visible and the unseen in him as one. "by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven."(Col.1:20) The abstract in ch.1 consequently laid out for us a principle which Jesus Christ signifies. Ministry of Reconciliation is the key to the Fellowship of God with Man.

This solves also the mystery of generations since they are pendant upon the day,"In the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens." Let us recall the preacher, "One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh: but the earth abideth for ever.(Ec.1:4)

"And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man." (v.23)

In the light of the explanation we need examine the role of Adam as the double for the Son and the Church derived from his death and resurrection sanctifies every member and St Paul records the service of Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus(1 Co.16:17)and accordingly the Spirit has included their names as well. (1 Co.12:25-27)

"Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh."

We shall discuss only the first part. Jesus explained who were worthy ("He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me."-Matt.10:37-NKJV) Adam as the head allowed nothing else with regards to his body; The book of the Proverbs refers the 'strange' woman as rottenness to his bones (Pr.12:4) we can understand from the case of King Solomon (1 Ki.11:1-3).

25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

Have a blessed day or night.

1 Cor 6:7-9,

"Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not rather take wrong? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to be defrauded? Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, and that your brethren. Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind...,"

The unrighteous people, no matter believers or not, will not inherit the Kingdom of God.

1 Cor 5:11,

"But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat. For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person."

A brother from within the church doing all that? Well brethren not all of us will go to heaven at the end. If we want to be called brothers, since we are brothers, we have to be holy to be accepted by God.

1 Cor 5:6, "...Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"

A little sin will bring inside a bigger one, and it keeps going on and on.

- It is "small".

- Well it isn't

1 Cor 5:3-5,

"For I verily, as absent in body, but present in spirit, have judged already, as though I were present, concerning him that hath so done this deed, In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus."

Paul here is talking about that man who was living with his father's wife (or girlfriend).

What does it mean "To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus." It means that the church had to throw that man out of the fellowship. Once he is out, then the satan takes in charge and the man will suffer illness or any other bad thing in his flesh, since now he is not under God's protection. IF that brings repentance to him, then he will be saved although his flesh had suffered a lot.

1 Cor 4:19-20,

"But I(Paul) will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, NOT THE SPEECH of them which are puffed up, BUT THE POWER. For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power."

1 Cor 4:9-13,

"For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace; And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:

Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."

NOT the gospel of prosperity But the gospel of suffering. I heard once someone using the term "the gospel of the towel". I liked it.

1 Cor 4:4, "For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord."

Paul means that he finds nothing wrong in himself, but the Lord knows if and what.

1 Cor 3:12-13,

"12 Now if any man build upon this foundation(Jesus Christ) gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble; 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."

What materials do we use for building our spiritual house(selves)? The day of the trial will show. Shall it fall or shall it stay?

In much assurance !!!

1 Cor 2:4-5,

"4 And my(Paul's) speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, BUT IN DEMONSTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND OF POWER: 5 That your faith should NOT stand in the wisdom of men, BUT in the power of God."

How many preachers can say that? I hear people saying that we don't need miracles any more, those were for those early times, just preaching is enough. I don't think Paul would agree with that.

1 Thessalonians 1:5,

"For our gospel came not unto you in word ONLY, but also in power, and in the Holy Ghost, and in much assurance; as ye know what manner of men we were among you for your sake."

1 Cor 1:30,

"But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption:"

1 Cor 1:26-28,

"26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world

to confound the things which are mighty;

28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to

nought things that are:"

One will not see many powerful and famous people among christians. But one will see many Lazarus' among us. The famous and rich usualy follow another way.

1 Cor 1:22,

"For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks(gentiles) seek after wisdom:"

The world hasn't changed much, has it?

1 Cor 1:10,

"Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."

Philippians 1:27-28,

"Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I (Paul) come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"

Paul says to the people of the church of Corinth:

1 Cor 1:7,

"So that ye(Corinthians) come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:"

Paul tells to Corinthians that they do have all the gifts. What are these gifts?

They are described later on in 1 Cor 12:7-11,

"4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit

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8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

10 To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will."

Does the church, which we are menbers of, have those gifts? Lets examine it.

Ge.2:21-23 "The Soul"

"And (God) brought her unto the man".(v.22)

It is not ourselves but it is God who has brought us into the Fellowship of God and Man. This is the gift of God. (Ep.2:8-10) Jesus speaks of it from his POV, "As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him."( John 17:2) Glory of the word like seed finding the right soil so wisdom is a deep calling unto deep,- which in this case is the power and he has power over all who would benefit from. He knew who were his. "those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled."(17:12) That the scripture might be fulfilled sets him the soul, the knowing part so we have Adam as the double revealing another aspect of the Son. As the Son of man he knew what was in the man of man. "But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him./And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father."( John 6:63-64)

It pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell.

"And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

The Spirit invests in Adam the same qualities that Christ as the brightness of His glory displayed. As the Good shepherd he revealed his Father the Shepherd of souls(1 Pe.2:25).

Ge.2:21-23 "Bone and flesh"

"And he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof"

God caused the deep sleep which is according to his purpose. Adam as a stand in for his body cannot have any other meaning than what his emblem signifies. The slain Lamb foreshadows the death of his Son. According to the Min-Max, mode of Narrative a specific action of God telescopes into the 'forever' mode applicable to the Son. Accordingly his sleep refers to the death of the Son as on another occasion God tells King Solomon, "I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually."(1 Ki.9:3). The bone signifies doctrine. What is a rib, a bio-material protecting the lungs where spiritually the presence of God like winged cherubs, presides over man. (Temple of God- 1 Co.3:16-17) By the breath of God he made Adam a living soul. Notice the order the word of God (breath) next the doctrine of God and closed up the flesh refers to the word become flesh. Adam is confirmed as the double for his Son.

vv.22-23

" And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man./And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."

We see how the living soul responds. Adam did not confirm his suspicion as to what the woman signified. He knew in his bones the truth. The Spirit gives us a parallel commentary on the development of the holy family. all those who shall be pressed into the church, the body of Christ.

Ge.2:18

" And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him."

Here we see the Mind of God. Power principle in godhead works with Wisdom principle and operation of one in tandem with the other is glory; so Fellowship of God with Man gives a body that is enjoined to enter into the rest of God. (He.4:1) 'Where is the place of my rest?' (Is.66:1). Peace of which passeth all understanding should warn us the pitfall of judging the rest of God from human circumstances.

In the Lord's prayer we recall the Power and the glory which is forever. Whereas The Word becoming flesh death and resurrection only explains a body which is in flux reason for which we have this verse, "That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish,"(Ep.5:27) In Christ we shall find equipoise or enter into his Rest, the Sabbath. Adam could not find rest in His creation. The peace of God mentioned here above necessarily is in the Son 'as the express image of his person.' Adam was merely a stand-in for the Son, marked by 'son' of God. ( Luke 3:38)

vv.21-22

"And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;/And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man."

Regarding deep sleep we have yet another example, "So David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's bolster; and they gat them away, and no man saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked: for they were all asleep; because a deep sleep from the Lord was fallen upon them."(1 Sa.26:12) Deep sleep simply establishes it was in accordance with the will of God. Thus was with Adam as a double for the Son so Eve is created in her own right as well as in fulfillment of divine Purpose. We shall see this double function in theLife of Abram and Sarai.