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Reframing "Adam and Eve"

So much is lost

in our English translations.

The hurt feelings and damaged souls of our generation,

Cloud our eyes to the poetics of our founding story.

 

For “Adam” was made from “Adamah”

That being, “Humanity” was made from “The dirt”.

 

The relationship between

Man and Woman,

For “Isha” was named before “Ish”

That being,

While man may have indeed came first,

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