Question 17: Of what were our first parents made?

Answer: God made the body of Adam out of the ground, and formed Eve out of the body of Adam.

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Scriptural basis

  • Genesis 2:7

  • Genesis 2:21–23

  • Genesis 3:19

  • Psalm 103:14

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Why is this important?

  1. How is this different than everything else God created?
    [He spoke everything else into existence.]

  2. What does that tell us about humanity?
    [They are unique in all of creation.]

  3. Read Genesis 1:26. What else does this tell us about humans?
    [We are created in the image of God.]

 

Questions and answers from A Catechism for Boys and Girls by Erroll Hulse from Chapel Library