What We Learn About Marriage from the Garden of Eden
Keywords
Adam and Eve, eternal marriage, ancient Hebrew marriage terminology
Abstract
Latter-day Saints believe that God married Adam and Eve in (or before) the garden of Eden. We believe this on the basis of teachings of modern prophets, but there are indications in the text of Genesis that this is the case.
Marriage takes two individuals from different families and creates a new family from them. In ancient Hebrew the terms “give” a bride/wife and “take” a bride/wife are used to express marriage.
Original Publication Citation
What We Learn About Marriage from the Garden of Eden, John Gee and Taylor Halverson, LDS Living, March 24, 2018.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Gee, John and Halverson, Taylor, "What We Learn About Marriage from the Garden of Eden" (2018). Faculty Publications. 10027.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/10027
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
2018
Publisher
LDS Living
Language
English
College
Marriott School of Business
Department
Marketing
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