Eve

Eve In the Bible, book of Genesis, chapter one, on the sixth day of creation God forms mankind »male and female« in his image in chapter one, but in chapter 2: 21 – 25, the first specific woman, Eve, Adam's wife, is formed by God from one of Adam's ribs while Adam sleeps. The two accounts show the patchwork nature of the Bible and its many sources and transformations of known legends. Prompted by a serpent, Eve eats the forbidden fruit (often represented by an apple) of the Tree of Knowledge of…