THE TIME OF ADAM:
• Adam and Eve were made of GOD upon the six and twenti day of September, in the yeer of the world thre thousand seven hundred sixty afore the commyng of CHRIST (September 26, 3760 B.C.), and this was the begynnyng of the yeer of the Hebrues, and of the Feast of Trumpets, at the setting of the sonne. (Genesis 1:26-27)
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image: in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” –Genesis 1:26–27, Geneva Bible
• The name of Adam, in the Hebrue tung, signifieth "red" or "red earth," for that he was made of the dust of the ground.
• GOD breathed into Adam the breath of life, and thus was man made in HIS owne image, that he was unlike to other creatures. (Genesis 2:7)
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” –Genesis 2:7, Geneva Bible
• The first prophecy in holy writ, in the thride chapitre of Genesis, saith that the seed of Eve, that is to say CRIST, shall overcome the serpent, which is the Devyl, and so begynne redemption. (Genesis 3:15)
"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." –Genesis 3:15, Geneva Bible
• In the Hebrue tradicioun it is said that Adam and Eve had thirty and three sones and twenty and three daughters, which signifieth a gret encrease of mankynde. (Genesis 5:4)
"And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.” –Genesis 5:4, Geneva Bible
• The longe lives of the first men suffred a swift encrease of the people; and by the time of the Flode, it is thought that there were a billion folk upon the earth. (Genesis 5:5)
"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.” –Genesis 5:5, Geneva Bible
• Adam lived nine hundrid and thritty winters, and he was the fourthe longest-lived of all men, after Methuselah, who lived nine hundrid and sixti and nine winters, Jared, who lived nine hundrid and sixti and two winters, and Noah, who lived nine hundrid and fifty winters.
• In the lif of Adam, there fell many notable thinges, for there was the Fall, the murther of Abel by Cain, and the castyng out of Adam and his wife from Eden. (Genesis 3:6-24; Genesis 4:8)
Genesis 3:6–24: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 3:6-24&version=GNV
“Then Cain spake unto Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” –Genesis 4:8, Geneva Bible
• Cain, the first son of Adam, became the first murtherer, for he slew his brother Abel, and was cursed of GOD, that he should wander upon the earth. (Genesis 4:9-16)
Genesis 4:9–16: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 4:9-16&version=GNV
• Methuselah, that was born when Adam was six hundrid and eighty and five winters old, hath the record for the longest life, for he lived nine hundrid and sixti and nine winters. (Genesis 5:21-27)
Genesis 5:21–27: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 5:21-27&version=GNV
• Adam and Eve were made of GOD upon the six and twenti day of September, in the yeer of the world thre thousand seven hundred sixty afore the commyng of CHRIST (September 26, 3760 B.C.), and this was the begynnyng of the yeer of the Hebrues, and of the Feast of Trumpets, at the setting of the sonne. (Genesis 1:26-27)
"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. So God created man in his own image: in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.” –Genesis 1:26–27, Geneva Bible
• The name of Adam, in the Hebrue tung, signifieth "red" or "red earth," for that he was made of the dust of the ground.
• GOD breathed into Adam the breath of life, and thus was man made in HIS owne image, that he was unlike to other creatures. (Genesis 2:7)
"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.” –Genesis 2:7, Geneva Bible
• The first prophecy in holy writ, in the thride chapitre of Genesis, saith that the seed of Eve, that is to say CRIST, shall overcome the serpent, which is the Devyl, and so begynne redemption. (Genesis 3:15)
"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." –Genesis 3:15, Geneva Bible
• In the Hebrue tradicioun it is said that Adam and Eve had thirty and three sones and twenty and three daughters, which signifieth a gret encrease of mankynde. (Genesis 5:4)
"And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.” –Genesis 5:4, Geneva Bible
• The longe lives of the first men suffred a swift encrease of the people; and by the time of the Flode, it is thought that there were a billion folk upon the earth. (Genesis 5:5)
"And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.” –Genesis 5:5, Geneva Bible
• Adam lived nine hundrid and thritty winters, and he was the fourthe longest-lived of all men, after Methuselah, who lived nine hundrid and sixti and nine winters, Jared, who lived nine hundrid and sixti and two winters, and Noah, who lived nine hundrid and fifty winters.
• In the lif of Adam, there fell many notable thinges, for there was the Fall, the murther of Abel by Cain, and the castyng out of Adam and his wife from Eden. (Genesis 3:6-24; Genesis 4:8)
Genesis 3:6–24: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 3:6-24&version=GNV
“Then Cain spake unto Abel his brother. And when they were in the field, Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.” –Genesis 4:8, Geneva Bible
• Cain, the first son of Adam, became the first murtherer, for he slew his brother Abel, and was cursed of GOD, that he should wander upon the earth. (Genesis 4:9-16)
Genesis 4:9–16: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 4:9-16&version=GNV
• Methuselah, that was born when Adam was six hundrid and eighty and five winters old, hath the record for the longest life, for he lived nine hundrid and sixti and nine winters. (Genesis 5:21-27)
Genesis 5:21–27: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=gen 5:21-27&version=GNV
