Is it any wonder that Eve was shouldered with the responsibility for the downfall of all mankind, as a result of interpretations read into the Naga by Moses? And into Moses’ reading by Ezra? Perhaps also it was read into the story by Egyptian priests long before Moses’ time, and passed on to him as history. If his father were really the one taken and executed by the Captain of the Guard, Nebuza-adan, then it had to be his grandfather who passed the story to him verbally.
The fusing of two stories (P and J versions) into HI make the story of Genesis I, II, and III may confuse “the man” with Adam. It is possible that Adam being only nine generations ahead of Noah, with the time span of the Sudan Basin Polar Era covering about 4,500 to 5,000 years, was not “the man referred to in the creation, but his name and experiences were merged with “the man’s” story.
Remember, however, we are informed that Ezra dictated the entire history to five scribes from memory, and this work contains Genesis as we know it today. For him to recall from the archives of his mind what he did—as well as he did—certainly bespeaks of inspiration of a high order; but it also appears evident that he had no knowledge of the fact that 5,000 years transpired between Genesis I and Noah’s flood. It is clear from 2 Ezdras 3:9 that Genesis I and Noah’s flood represented two inundations, however, for while speaking
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of the two occasions, he says of Noah’s flood: “And again in process of time thou broughtest the flood upon those that dwelt in the world, and destroyedst them.”
Now, we mentioned before that the lineage of the high priests from Aaron to Ezra differs in numbers of generations (17 or 20) and names as presented in 1 and 2 Ezdras; and both differ in names from the book of Ezra. We also find differences in the lineages from Noah to Jesus (approximately 51 generations) in the Bible. Is it any wonder, therefore, that some generations could have been omitted in the Adam to Noah line? Not to mention the Noah to Jesus line? And the Aaron to Ezra line?
And in light of the fact that, in addition to overwhelming evidence, there are countless legends in the Asia-Pacific areas, handed down from the inundation of 11,500 years ago, of a creation much like that of Genesis I and II, is it not possible that “the man” of the Genesis story became confused with Adam throughout the thousands of years, and through a succeeding cataclysm in Noah’s time 7,000 years ago?
The miracle is that the whole story of “creation ” and of Adam and Eve is as undistorted as it is; being 11,500 years old, it has suffered through many debacles visited upon its guardians in the intervening years.
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