101 Myths of the Bible: how ancient scribes - Conscious Evolution TV

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yth #23:
Eve came from Adam’s rib.
The Myth: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he
slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; And the rib,
which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto
the man. And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she
shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man. Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
(Gen. 2:21–24)
The Reality: The story of Eve’s birth integrates the Egyptian story of the separation
of heaven and earth with portions of the Sumerian myth of Enki and Ninhursag.
The character of Eve draws upon a number of myths, both Egyptian and Sumerian.
According to Genesis, God created Eve out of Adam’s rib. As a result of this relationship,
God instituted the idea of marriage.
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife:
and they shall be one flesh. (Gen. 2:24)
Initially, Adam’s wife was known simply as“the woman,” because“she was taken out
of Man.” Only after she and her husband were expelled from the Garden of Eden did
she receive the name Eve. In giving her that name, Adam says it was because“she was
the mother of all living.”
In Myth #17 we saw that Adam and Eve corresponded to the Egyptian deities
Geb (Earth) and Nut (Heaven). According to Egyptian Coffin Text 80, Atum said he
created Nut so that “she could be over my head and Geb could marry her.” In other
words, the Egyptians saw the union of Earth and Heaven as the basis for marriage,
and this principle is carried over into Genesis with Adam and Eve.
While Adam became the sole parent of Eve, just as Atum (the Heliopolitan Creator)
became the sole parent of his children, the idea that Eve came from Adam’s rib