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Adam

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: A By: James P. Boyd

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(red earth). Used generically for man and woman, and translated man (Gen. 1:26-27; 5:1²⁶And 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. ²⁷So 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)
¹This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; (Genesis 5:1); Job 20:29; 21:33²⁹This is the portion of a wicked man from God, and the heritage appointed unto him by God. (Job 20:29)
³³The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him. (Job 21:33); Psa. 68:18; 76:10¹⁸Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. (Psalm 68:18)
¹⁰Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee: the remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. (Psalm 76:10)).

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