Why didn't God say...from the animals I made man?
He did. But He got in earlier than the animals. He got in right back at the dust. Before there was even life.
The bible tells us Satan was in the Garden of Eden in an unfallen state.
You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.
We learn from this passage:
a. Satan was in Eden.
b. On the day Satan was created he was adorned with precious stones.
I don't see a reason to firmly believe Satan was created in Eden, especially in light of Revelation 12:9:
And the great dragon was hurled down--the ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
basing his reasoning for a command on something that could only be reasoned by assuming an original female is good evidence for a literal Genesis.
I believe Eve was a real person created by God and given His image. But I don't believe in a literal Genesis.
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