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Hello all

just some random questions

1. How long did it take Adam to name all the animals God sent him when he in the garden back in the begining . perhaps the scripture meant he only names the animals that were in the garden and not every animal in the whole word. Thoughts any one ?

Hello all

just some random questions

1. How long did it take Adam to name all the animals God sent him when he in the garden back in the begining . perhaps the scripture meant he only names the animals that were in the garden and not every animal in the whole word. Thoughts any one ?

Thanks Robertt, for your question about how long it took Adam to name all the animals.

Are you aware that the Bible makes the claim that it is written in parable form? We read about that in Psalm 78: " Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable " We also read about that in Mark 4: "And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine ". This chapter also states: "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. "

So it is that we find that animals like an eagle, a goat, a lamb, a lion, an ox, and so forth are parable pictures of Jesus himself. Other animals like sheep, fish, a bird and so forth can be pictures of believers.

In my opinion, the book of Genesis is using this form when we read about Adam naming the living creatures.

"And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. "

Adam provides a picture of Jesus. Those persons who belong to Christ are called living; in the spirit they have been given life. Thus, a living creation, a living creature could be a picture of those persons who are in Christ. It is not surprising that Adam would know the name of each of his own if he is a picture of Christ. We read about Christ, " To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. " When God brings each true believer to Jesus, it is possible that each true believer receives a name from God concerning what they are. Peter, for example, received his name from Christ. The Bible appears to talk about the new name associated with Jesus and the believers in Isaiah 62 and Revelation 2 and 3, for example. Notwithstanding the meaning of these verses from Isaiah and Revelation, we can easily see that when Christ calls his own sheep, his own people, he does so by their names. The amount of time involved for all of the sheep to be brought to Jesus, in this case, might be the amount of time for all true believers thoughout time to be converted to Christ.

Thanks Robertt, for your question about how long it took Adam to name all the animals.

Are you aware that the Bible makes the claim that it is written in parable form? We read about that in Psalm 78: " Give ear, O my people, to my law: incline your ears to the words of my mouth. I will open my mouth in a parable " We also read about that in Mark 4: "And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine ". This chapter also states: "But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. "



So it is that we find that animals like an eagle, a goat, a lamb, a lion, an ox, and so forth are parable pictures of Jesus himself. Other animals like sheep, fish, a bird and so forth can be pictures of believers.

In my opinion, the book of Genesis is using this form when we read about Adam naming the living creatures.

"And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof. "

Adam provides a picture of Jesus. Those persons who belong to Christ are called living; in the spirit they have been given life. Thus, a living creation, a living creature could be a picture of those persons who are in Christ. It is not surprising that Adam would know the name of each of his own if he is a picture of Christ. We read about Christ, " To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. " When God brings each true believer to Jesus, it is possible that each true believer receives a name from God concerning what they are. Peter, for example, received his name from Christ. The Bible appears to talk about the new name associated with Jesus and the believers in Isaiah 62 and Revelation 2 and 3, for example. Notwithstanding the meaning of these verses from Isaiah and Revelation, we can easily see that when Christ calls his own sheep, his own people, he does so by their names. The amount of time involved for all of the sheep to be brought to Jesus, in this case, might be the amount of time for all true believers thoughout time to be converted to Christ.

Hello all

just some random questions

1. How long did it take Adam to name all the animals God sent him when he in the garden back in the begining . perhaps the scripture meant he only names the animals that were in the garden and not every animal in the whole word. Thoughts any one ?

very interesting.

so did anyone calculate how long to think and then name 16000 animals

allowing maybe on average 2 min per animal. Time for animal to be seen , think of name and then name it

16000/ 2 = 8000 minutes

8000 min - 133 hours approx

hmmm Adam only had one day to do this , well actually less, as Adam was made, he wandered around , gotlonely, God sent him the animals, then he eas still lonely. so God made him woman

all this in 24 hr hours.


So i think ADam didnt name all Animals from acorss the world. i tihbk he would have time to possible only name 500 max.

just one of those interesting things in life


we can ask God when we get to the end i guess

Why do u think that Adam only had one day ? It could have taken him his whole life couldn't it ?

very interesting.

so did anyone calculate how long to think and then name 16000 animals

allowing maybe on average 2 min per animal. Time for animal to be seen , think of name and then name it

16000/ 2 = 8000 minutes

8000 min - 133 hours approx

hmmm Adam only had one day to do this , well actually less, as Adam was made, he wandered around , gotlonely, God sent him the animals, then he eas still lonely. so God made him woman

all this in 24 hr hours.


So i think ADam didnt name all Animals from acorss the world. i tihbk he would have time to possible only name 500 max.

just one of those interesting things in life


we can ask God when we get to the end i guess

You are assuming that this naming of the animals was on day six. It may have happened that God created every kind of thing in six days, including man, but then planted the garden of Eden and transferred Adam into it, and over the next weeks or months God brought forth from the soil in Eden fresh copies of animals already created on day six and already populating the planet, for Adam to name them.

i make no asumptions.

The bible if taken literally.

1. God made heavens and Earth
2, God made animals
3. God made Man Day 6
4, God put man in a garden
5, God sent animals to Man
6. God made woman Day 6
7. God rested.

it cannot take Adam more than the daylight hours to name animals as Gen 1 says God mafe Male and Female on Day 6 . all in one day

Now of course some will debate the meaning of day etc etc.

But i just try to take things simple.

2 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.

2 And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

3 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his work which God created and made.

Now we are going to be presented a summary of what has so far been reported.

4 These (the details above) are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the heavens,

5 And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

6 But there went up a mist from the earth, and watered the whole face of the ground.

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.

Based on the Hebrew narrative device called waw-conversive, verse 7 is a sequential continuation of verse 6, with the waw prefixing the verb. "And-formed, the LORD God..." And by the same device the next two verses are also consecutive.

8 And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.

9 And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.



Now we are going to be presented with a new narrative sequence disjointed from what precedes,. We know this is not consecutive, because there is no waw prefixing the verb this time. So, God is describing another time and another new sequence of events. I believ this is after the seven days which have been reported once in summary introduction (Gen:1:1) Then daily detail (Gen, 1:2 - 2:3) and then in summary form (Gen. 2:4-9) Then what happened after the seventh day (Gen. 2:10-25) which follows


10 And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads.

11 The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

12 And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.

13 And the name of the second river is Gihon: the same is it that compasseth the whole land of Ethiopia.

14 And the name of the third river is Hiddekel: that is it which goeth toward the east of Assyria. And the fourth river is Euphrates.

15 And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

16 And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

17 But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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.

19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20 And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

So, still keeping it simple, the naming of the animals, by this division of the narrative, occurred after the seventh day and could have been spread over weeks or months or years.

21 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;

22 And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

yeppo

Male female created on day 6.

God put man in Garden on day 6

Adam named the animals as he was lonely and god sent him the animals

Then God made woman


so all this happend on DAY 6 as per Gen 1.

Where does the bible say that Adam named the animals because he was lonely? In fact, the bible doesn't say that he was lonely. It says that God said, "It is not good that man should be alone."

alone lonely. same thing to me . but not to you.

This is why people cant agree on much.
but yeah lets make that the real issue of the question

i guess i remember now why i dont bother with this site to seek clarification on anything i have questions on .

Yes you are right, we seem to differ on the definition of "lonely." You think it means the same as "alone." I think it's possible to be alone without feeling that negative emotion of loneliness. I don't think Adam before the Fall could have felt loneliness, because sin had not spoiled his relationship with God. Thanks very much for replying.