- The man's name was Adam.
- The LORD God formed every beast and fowl from the ground.
- The LORD God is capable of causing every living creature to move from one place to another.
- The LORD God gave Adam the opportunity to name every living creature, and apparently made no attempt to coach or correct him.
- It appears that the LORD God is quite willing to let man do things on his own.
- I assume the LORD God had previously taught or arranged for someone else to teach Adam to speak - either that or he was created with that ability.
- Adam either had an incredible memory or his naming decisions were recorded. That would have included both the name and a description or drawing of the creature.
- The LORD God sounds like a parent or other interested family member who delights in hearing a child's first attempts at language, or in seeing his intellectual accomplishments. Why else would God want to hear what Adam called the creatures instead of just assigning the names Himself, which I would think He had already done, since He created them.
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Genesis 2:19
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.
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