Les Feldick teaches that 'rib' means a 'side chamber' — Eve was not made from a single rib but was taken out of Adam's side.
In Genesis 2, the KJV records that God took one of Adam's ribs and made a woman. Les prefers the term 'side chamber,' saying it carries the same definition as the Hebrew word translated 'rib.' He teaches that Eve was inside Adam, and God took that side chamber out of Adam, closed up the flesh, and made the woman.
Genesis 2:21-22 — This passage is where the word 'rib' appears in the account of Eve's creation, and it is the passage Les interprets with the term 'side chamber.'
The King James Version records in Genesis 2:21-22 that the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof; and the rib which the LORD God had taken from man made he a woman, and brought her unto the man. Adam then said, 'This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man' (Genesis 2:23). The Scripture also shows that the man and the woman were both included in the name Adam at creation — 'Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam' (Genesis 5:2). It is not until after the fall that Adam gives the woman her personal name — 'And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living' (Genesis 3:20).
Les Feldick prefers the term 'side chamber' for the Hebrew word that is translated 'rib' in the KJV, explaining that it carries the same definition (Clip 2). He makes plain that 'Eve wasn't a rib, but rather she was taken out of the side of Adam' (Clip 1), and he describes the process: God took a side chamber, closed up the flesh instead thereof, and from that side chamber made the woman and brought her to Adam (Clip 2). Les consistently teaches that Eve was already within Adam. He says 'God created Adam with Eve within him, and then sometime later, He takes that part of Eve out of Adam, and creates the woman' (Clip 5), and 'people don't like that concept, but that's what the Scripture teaches — Eve was in Adam' (Clip 4). He even associates the side chamber with the reproductive part, saying the correct term is 'germplasm' (Clip 1), and connects Eve's origin from Adam to the federal headship of Adam — Eve came out of Adam so that Adam would be the federal head of the human race, and sin came through Adam rather than Eve (Clip 6).
Les says he prefers the term 'side chamber' because it has the same definition as the Hebrew word translated 'rib' (Clip 2). He describes the creation of the woman this way: God caused a deep sleep to fall on Adam, took a side chamber, closed up the flesh instead thereof, and from that side chamber made the woman (Clip 2). He is emphatic that 'Eve wasn't a rib, but rather she was taken out of the side of Adam' (Clip 1).
Yes, according to Les's teaching. He says the Scripture teaches that Eve was in Adam (Clip 4), and that 'Adam, as he was first created, actually contained the woman as we now know as Eve' (Clip 7). He summarizes it as 'God created Adam with Eve within him, and then sometime later, He takes that part of Eve out of Adam, and creates the woman' (Clip 5).
Les explains that she was not called Eve until after the fall; she was only referred to as the woman (Clips 4, 5). The name 'woman' means 'out of man,' because she was taken out of man (Clip 4) — matching Genesis 2:23. Only later did Adam call her Eve, which means 'the mother of all living' (Clip 4), as recorded in Genesis 3:20.
Les teaches that Eve had to come out of Adam so that Adam would be the federal head of the human race, and that everybody, including Eve, would come from Adam's line; sin came on the whole human race by way of Adam, not Eve (Clip 6). He also teaches that the female line was insulated from the curse, so that the seed of the woman — the ovum or egg — could continue generation after generation (Clip 3), and he connects this to the germplasm being in the side of Adam (Clip 1).
Male and Female Called Adam
This clip sets the context: God created them male and female, called their name Adam, and both were in Adam before the woman was brought out.
Eve Was Not a Rib but Taken from Adam's Side
Les states that Eve was not a rib but was taken out of the side of Adam, and he connects this to the reproductive part, the germplasm.
The Side Chamber
Les prefers the term 'side chamber' for the Hebrew word translated 'rib,' noting it has the same definition, and he describes God taking the side chamber and closing up the flesh.
The Female Line Insulated from the Curse
Les explains that the female of the species is insulated from the curse that came through Adam, so the seed of the woman — the ovum — could continue.
Eve Was Inside Adam
Les teaches that Eve was in Adam before being brought out, that she was called 'woman' meaning 'out of man,' and that the name Eve means 'mother of all living.'
Adam with Eve Within Him
Les says God created Adam with Eve within him, and later took that part of Eve out of Adam to create the woman, completing Adam.
Adam as Federal Head
Les teaches that Eve came out of Adam so that Adam could be federal head of the human race, and that sin came on the whole human race by way of Adam.
Adam Contained the Woman
Les reminds us that Adam as first created actually contained the woman now known as Eve, though she was then just called the woman.
Genesis 2:21: And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;
This verse contains the KJV term 'rib' and records God taking it from Adam so the woman could be made.
Genesis 2:22: And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
This verse shows the woman being made from the rib taken from man and brought to Adam.
Genesis 2:23: And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.
Adam calls her Woman because she was taken out of Man — the basis for Les's 'out of man' point.
Genesis 5:2: Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Shows that both male and female were called Adam from the beginning.
Genesis 3:20: And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.
Records the first use of the name Eve, meaning the mother of all living.
The KJV says God took one of Adam's ribs and made a woman. Les Feldick teaches that the Hebrew word carries the same definition as 'side chamber,' and he says Eve was not a rib but was taken out of the side of Adam.
Les uses 'side chamber' as his preferred term for the Hebrew word translated 'rib.' He teaches that God took this side chamber out of Adam, closed up the flesh, and made the woman from it.
Les teaches that Adam as first created contained the woman — 'God created Adam with Eve within him.' Later God took that part of Eve out of Adam and created the woman.
Les says the side chamber taken from Adam was probably the reproductive part of Eve; he uses the term 'germplasm' and ties it to the female being insulated from the curse so the seed of the woman could continue.
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