Appendix 1b. Text of Genesis 1:26 to 5:6 modified to distinguish the words “ha-adam” and “man – ish”.
Below you will find a modified NASB translation for most of the text from Genesis 1:26 through to 5:3
It is very helpful to read this version as it will show the proper connections between the groundperson/Groundperson and the ground and it does not keep putting man (generic or corporate) in the text as do many of the translations, when it is clear in the Hebrew text that it is the groundperson/Groundperson, the one and only unique man Groundperson that is being referred to in every instance.
I put in bold every reference to “adam” or “ha-adam” in the Hebrew. Also, I put in bold every reference to the ground “adam-ah”in Hebrew. I also put in bold every reference to man “ish” in the Hebrew and every reference to woman “ishah” in the Hebrew. Sometimes the best translation for the word with “ish” in it would be husband, but I just put man in bold so that you know it is the ish word in Hebrew. I also do a similar thing when it would be best to translate as wife, but I just put woman so that you know it is an “ishah” word.
In it I use groundperson or Groundperson for the Hebrew “adam“
I use the groundperson for the Hebrew “ha-adam“
For those instances where “ha” is hidden in the Hebrew by the participle I translate it as as for (the) groundperson.
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NASB (modified) Genesis 1:26,27,28
26 Then God said, “[ai]Let Us make (a) groundperson (Groundperson) in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [aj]let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27 So God created the groundperson in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that [ak]moves on the earth.”
NASB (modified) Genesis 2:4-25
4 [c]This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was not (a) groundperson (Groundperson) to [d]cultivate the ground. 6 But a [e]mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole [f]surface of the ground. 7 Then the Lord God formed the groundperson of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the groundperson became a living [g]person. 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed the groundperson whom He had formed. 9 Out of the ground. the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river [h]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [i]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [j]flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [k]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [l]Tigris; it [m]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [n]Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took the groundperson and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16 The Lord God commanded the groundperson, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [o]eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the groundperson to be alone; I will make him a helper [p]suitable for him.” 19 And out of the ground the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to the groundperson to see what he would call them; and whatever the groundperson called a living creature, that was its name. 20 the groundperson gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for [q]the groundperson there was not found a helper [r]suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the groundperson, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 And the Lord God [s]fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the the groundperson, and brought her to the groundperson. 23 Then the groundperson said,
“At last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
[t]She shall be called [u]‘woman,’
Because [v]she was taken out of [w]man.”
24 For this reason a man shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his wife/woman; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the groundperson and his wife/woman were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 The woman said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” 4 The serpent said to the woman, “You certainly will not die! 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will [a]become like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her man with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
8 Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [b]cool of the day, and the groundperson and his woman hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to the groundperson, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 The groundperson said, “The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” And the woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all the livestock,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will [c]make enemies
Of you and the woman,
And of your [d]offspring and her [e]Descendant;
He shall [f]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”
16 To the woman He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain [g]in childbirth,
In pain you shall deliver children;
Yet your desire will be for your man,
And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to (the) groundperson He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your woman, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the ground because of you;
With [h]hard labor you shall eat from it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
Yet you shall eat the [i]plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You shall eat bread,
Until you return to the ground,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
20 Now the groundperson named his wife [j]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skin for (the) groundperson and his wife, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, the groundperson has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove the groundperson out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
4 Now the groundperson [a]had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a man with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the ground. 3 So it came about [b]in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the ground.
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25 Groundperson[l]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him [m]Seth, for, she said, “God [n]has appointed me another [o]child in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”
5 This is the book of the generations of 25 Groundperson [l]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him [m]Seth, for, she said, “God [n]has appointed me another [o]child in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.” . On the day when God created Groundperson , He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Groundperson on the day when they were created.
3 When Groundperson had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4 Then the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 5 So all the days that Adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
6 Now Seth lived 105 years, and fathered Enosh.
NOW, I AM GOING TO TRY SOMETHING ELSE. RATHER THAN PUT IN THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION FOR adam and ha-adam and adam-ah AND ish AND ishah I AM JUST GOING TO PUT THE HEBREW WORD IN THE MIDST OF THE NASB. WE ARE FAMILIAR ENOUGH WITH THE TEXT FOR THIS TO WORK.
NASB (modified) Genesis 1:26,27,28
26 Then God said, “[ai]Let Us make adam in Our image, according to Our likeness; and [aj]let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the livestock and over all the earth, and over every crawling thing that crawls on the earth.” 27 So God created ha-adam in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. 28 God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that [ak]moves on the earth.”
NASB (modified) Genesis 2:4-25
4 [c]This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the Lord God made earth and heaven. 5 Now no shrub of the field was yet on the earth, and no plant of the field had yet sprouted, for the Lord God had not sent rain upon the earth, and there was not adam to [d]cultivate the adam-ah. 6 But a [e]mist used to rise from the earth and water the whole [f]surface of the adam-ah. 7 Then the Lord God formed ha-adam of dust from the adam-ah, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and ha-adam became a living [g]person. 8 The Lord God planted a garden toward the east, in Eden; and there He placed ha-adam whom He had formed. 9 Out of the adam-ah. the Lord God caused every tree to grow that is pleasing to the sight and good for food; the tree of life was also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
10 Now a river [h]flowed out of Eden to water the garden; and from there it divided and became four [i]rivers. 11 The name of the first is Pishon; it [j]flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold. 12 The gold of that land is good; the bdellium and the onyx stone are there as well. 13 The name of the second river is Gihon; it [k]flows around the whole land of Cush. 14 The name of the third river is [l]Tigris; it [m]flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the [n]Euphrates.
15 Then the Lord God took ha-adam and put him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate it and tend it. 16 The Lord God commanded ha-adam, saying, “From any tree of the garden you may freely eat; 17 but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not [o]eat, for on the day that you eat from it you will certainly die.”
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for ha-adam to be alone; I will make him a helper [p]suitable for him.” 19 And out of the adam-ah the Lord God formed every animal of the field and every bird of the sky, and brought them to ha-adam to see what he would call them; and whatever ha-adam called a living creature, that was its name. 20 ha-adam gave names to all the livestock, and to the birds of the sky, and to every animal of the field, but for (ha) adam there was not found a helper [r]suitable for him. 21 So the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon ha-adam, and he slept; then He took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh at that place. 22 And the Lord God [s]fashioned into a woman the rib which He had taken from the ha-adam, and brought her to ha-adam. 23 Then ha-adam said,
“At last this is bone of my bones,
And flesh of my flesh;
[t]She shall be called [u]‘ishah,’
Because [v]she was taken out of [w]ish.”
24 For this reason ish shall leave his father and his mother, and be joined to his ishah; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And ha-adam and his ishah were both naked, but they were not ashamed.
3 Now the serpent was more cunning than any animal of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said to ha-ishah, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat from any tree of the garden’?” 2 ha-ishah said to the serpent, “From the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat; 3 but from the fruit of the tree which is in the middle of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat from it or touch it, or you will die.’” 4 The serpent said to ha-ishah, “You certainly will not die! 5 For God knows that on the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will [a]become like God, knowing good and evil.” 6 When ha-ishah saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, she took some of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her ish with her, and he ate. 7 Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves waist coverings.
8 Now they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the [b]cool of the day, and ha-adam and his ish hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. 9 Then the Lord God called to ha-adam, and said to him, “Where are you?” 10 He said, “I heard the sound of You in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; so I hid myself.” 11 And He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat?” 12 ha-adam said, “The ishah whom You gave to be with me, she gave me some of the fruit of the tree, and I ate.” 13 Then the Lord God said to the ishah, “What is this that you have done?” And the ishah said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”
14 Then the Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
Cursed are you more than all the livestock,
And more than any animal of the field;
On your belly you shall go,
And dust you shall eat
All the days of your life;
15 And I will [c]make enemies
Of you and the ishah,
And of your [d]offspring and her [e]Descendant;
He shall [f]bruise you on the head,
And you shall bruise Him on the heel.”
16 To the ishah He said,
“I will greatly multiply
Your pain [g]in childbirth,
In pain you shall deliver children;
Yet your desire will be for your ish,
And he shall rule over you.”
17 Then to (ha) adam He said, “Because you have listened to the voice of your woman, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat from it’;
Cursed is the adam-ah because of you;
With [h]hard labor you shall eat from it
All the days of your life.
18 Both thorns and thistles it shall grow for you;
Yet you shall eat the [i]plants of the field;
19 By the sweat of your face
You shall eat bread,
Until you return to the adam-ah,
Because from it you were taken;
For you are dust,
And to dust you shall return.”
20 Now ha-adam named his wife [j]Eve, because she was the mother of all the living. 21 And the Lord God made garments of skin for (ha) adam and his wife, and clothed them.
22 Then the Lord God said, “Behold, ha-adam has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out with his hand, and take fruit also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever”— 23 therefore the Lord God sent him out of the Garden of Eden, to cultivate the adam-ah from which he was taken. 24 So He drove ha-adam out; and at the east of the Garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life.
4 Now ha-adam [a]had relations with his ishah Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain, and she said, “I have obtained a ish with the help of the Lord.” 2 And again, she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of flocks, but Cain was a cultivator of the adam-ah. 3 So it came about [b]in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the Lord from the fruit of the adam-ah.
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25 adam had relations with his ishah again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him [m]Seth, for, she said, “God [n]has appointed me another [o]child in place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”
5 This is the book of the generations of adam . On the day when God created adam , He made him in the likeness of God. 2 He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them adam on the day when they were created.
3 When adam had lived 130 years, he fathered a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4 Then the days of adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he fathered other sons and daughters. 5 So all the days that adam lived were 930 years, and he died.
6 Now Seth lived 105 years, and fathered Enosh.
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