Expert: Brenda Martin - 11/6/2005

Question
According to the genesis a woman(Eve) came from a man's (Adam's) rib, but what about a female and male animalsay rabbits or cows, did the female come from the males rib or were they created simultaneously  

Answer
“FEMALE AND MALE ANIMALS, DID THE FEMALE COME FROM THE MALES RIB OR WERE THEY CREATED SIMULTANEOUSLY”

the would be created individually--

It is good to remember that the Bible emphasizes the distinction between humans and animals.-

1. Humans, not animals, were made ‘in the image and likeness of God.' (Genesis 1:26)

2. And whereas animals were created with a limited life span, humans had the prospect of living on earth forever. (Genesis 3:22, 23; Psalm 37:29)

3. Jesus Christ said that to enjoy “everlasting life,” we must exercise faith and take in knowledge of God—things that animals are incapable of doing. (John 3:36; 17:3)

The Bible explains how the various kinds of living things came into existence. In its opening chapter it tells us that God made the vegetation, the sea creatures, the birds and the land animals. (Gen. 1:10, 11, 21, 24) The Bible does not say that single-celled life forms evolved into grass, trees, fish, birds and land animals. Nor does it allow for the idea that God created such primitive life forms and then used evolution as the means for producing the various kinds of plants and animals that exist today. It says that he produced each “according to its kind,” not from some other kind.

** When creating Eve, God used a rib from Adam as a foundation, and God stated that she was to be a helper for Adam. Thus to man, who was produced first, was assigned the position of head. He took a rib from Adam's side, and from it He built for Adam a perfect counterpart, the woman Eve. (Ge 2:21, 22)

Eve was created that way for a purpose,so no need to do the same with the animals. God formed all the animals, each family kind having its own originally created representatives, for the record assures us that God made them each one “according to its kind.” (Ge 1:25)

All the best
Brenda