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What do you think of the narrator specifically not saying God named Eve woman but leaving that for Adam?

Hi Gazza,

God named them Adam (Gen 5) their proper name collectively, woman is not a “name” like “Eve”, and the narrator is making a point of Adam not naming the woman like he did the animals. (see comment #90 – we posted on the same minute)

The animals were identified after they were brought to Adam and by Adam. Woman on the other hand was identified prior to being brought to Adam.

I am yet to be convinced that the narrator really distinguishes different levels of designation here.

The narrator doesn’t use the same word for “name” when Adam names the animals and identifies the woman.

As to Hebrew culture I would think that context for which Genesis was initially written was entirely Hebrew and thus the connotations of naming should be taken as the original intended audience would understand them – whether or not Adam and Eve spoke Hebrew themselves.

I will wait for Cheryl on this issue, but I will say that I’m completely amazed that it could be thought that what happened at creation is bound by Hebrew culture when hebrew culture had not even existed yet. That makes no sense to me at all. It’s also like forcing 21st century pastor & pulpit onto 1 Tim 2. It’s reading into the text.