Story of Adam 2: Eve Creation and Satan Role (2/5)

Adam opened his eyes and looked into the beautiful face of a woman gazing down at him. Adam was surprised and asked the woman why she had been created. She revealed that she was to ease his loneliness and bring tranquillity to him. The Angels questioned Adam. They knew that Adam possessed knowledge of things they did not know about and the knowledge mankind would need to occupy the earth. They said 'who is this?' and Adam replied 'this is Eve'. Eve is Hawwa in Arabic; it comes from the root word hay , meaning living . Eve is also an English variant of the old Hebrew word Havva , also deriving from hay . Adam informed the Angels that Eve was so named because she was made from a part of him and he, Adam, was a living being. Both Jewish and Christian traditions also maintain that Eve was created from Adam's rib, although in a literal translation of the Jewish tradition, rib is sometimes referred to as side . {And God s...