The Bible In Paintings: THEN GOD SAID, "LET US MAKE MAN"

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Bible In Paintings 2
Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Sculptures•Tapestries•Windows

HAKON SOREIDE
"Creation"

G E N E S I S
CHAPTER 1, VERSES 26-28

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.”

CHAPTER 2:7-8, 15-20

…the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. Now the LORD God had planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he had formed….

The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. And the LORD God commanded the man, “You are free to eat from any tree in the garden; but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, for when you eat of it you will surely die.”

The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the beasts of the field and all the birds of the air. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name. So the man gave names to all the livestock, the birds of the air and all the beasts of the field. But for Adam no suitable helper was found.

New International Version ©1984, Abrdgd, EMPHASES Added

1
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
"Angels Informing Moses of the Creation of Humans"

2
EDWARD BURNE-JONES
Source

3
Maciejowski Bible
"Sixth Day of Creation"

4
J.E. RIDINGER
"A Blinding Light Descends on Eden
in the Creation of Man and the Animals"

5
G.B. LEONETTI
"Formation of Adam"

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G.B. LEONETTI
"God Animates Adam and Operates on His Rib"

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"God Creates Man in the Garden of Eden"

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JACQUES-JEAN PASQUIER
"God Stretches Out His Hand to Give Life to Adam"

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TITO SARROCCHI
"Creazione di Adamo"

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WILLIAM BLAKE
"Elohim Creating Adam"

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ANDREA PISANO
"Creation of Adam"

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"Creation of Adam"

13
"La Création d'Adam"

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POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO
"The Creation of Adam Who Reclines at Left
and Touches the Hand of God"

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JOHN THORNTON
"Creation of Man"

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JAN BRUEGHEL the Younger
"Creation of Adam in the Paradise "

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FRANCESCO SALVIATI
"Creazione di Adamo"

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JAN SOENS
"The Creation of Adam"

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LIVIO MEHUS
"The Creation of Adam"

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MICHELANGELO
"Creation of Adam"

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Detail
Source

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JAMES TISSOT
"God Creating Adam"

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JACOPO DA EMPOLI
"The Creation of Adam"

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KRISTIAN ZAHRTMANN
"Adam in Paradise"

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AUGUSTE RODIN
"L'Ombre"

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JACOB UNGERER
"Adam"

27
"God Brings Adam to Paradise"

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J.E. RIDINGER
"Adam Overlooks the Garden of Eden"

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J.E. RIDINGER
"Adam Prays in the Garden of Eden"

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Source

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ARNOLD BÖCKLIN
"God the Father Shows Adam the Paradise"

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J.E. WELLCOME
"Adam Names the Animals in the Garden of Eden"

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"Adam Giving Names"

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J.E. WELLCOME
"Adam Naming the Animals"

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J.E. WELLCOME
"Adam Naming the Animals"

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JOHN HARDMAN POWELL
"Adam Naming the Animals"

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"Adam Naming the Animals"

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"Adam Naming Animals"

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Aberdeen Bestiary
"Adam Naming the Animals"

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ROSEMARIE ADCOCK
"Adam Naming the Animals & the Appearance of Eve"

[Hebrews 11:6]

R E S O U R C E S
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[Hebrews 11:6]

GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
AND GOD SAID, "LET THERE BE LIGHT"
GOD CREATES ADAM
GOD CREATES EVE

THE SERPENT TEMPTS EVE
EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 1
EVE TEMPTS ADAM, 2
HIDING FROM GOD
BANISHED FROM THE GARDEN

AFTER THE GARDEN
FARMER CAIN AND SHEPHERD ABEL
THE FIRST MURDER
THE FIRST FUNERAL

[RoosterRedux]

The thing I love (among many things) about Genesis is when Adam and Eve get caught eating from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil and all Adam could say was "it was her idea."

That's how we know that, allegorical or not, it is an accurate portrayal of human male behavior.

It also sounds like God has a great sense of humor.

[Captain Compassion]

Thank you.

[Red Badger]

Did Adam have a belly button?.......................

[Hebrews 11:6]

Good points--although I reject that we have anything other than an accurate depiction.

But I understand. Sometimes I catch myself looking at these bizarre, archaic Bible characters as cartoonish historical oddities before I realize once again they were humans just like us. And God has seen to it that we can see ourselves on the pages of scripture.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Sure!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Don’t start...........................

[Red Badger]

😜😁🤣..............................

[SkyDancer]

What’s with the navel’s on Adam and Eve; then too, in the painting of God giving Adam life, God has a navel as well.

[Red Badger]

[SkyDancer]

A friend asked me who created God and I responded with well God created YOU so it’s you who has to answer to Him.

[Hebrews 11:6]

If artists could do theology, they wouldn’t be painters.

[Red Badger]

Well, Michelangelo apparently didn’t know David was Jewish, either..........

[Hebrews 11:6]

Michey didn’t know lots of things.......................

[SkyDancer]

Yeah, about that. I wrote a paper on the statue of David and summarized that as well as why he looked like an Italian kid.

[SkyDancer]

I fixed up that painting with Photoshop taking out the navel’s on both.

[Red Badger]

By today’s standards he would be ‘autistic’...................

[Hebrews 11:6]

OK. Maybe you could also add some tats.

[Hebrews 11:6]

And woke..................