Adam is the Hebrew word for 'man'. It is derived from the Hebrew word אדם (ʾaḏam), which means 'to be red', referring to the ruddy color of human skin, or from the Akkadian word adamu, meaning 'to make'. According to the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament, Adam was the first human created by God from the earth (Hebrew: אֲדָמָה, ʾaḏama, meaning 'earth'). Adam and Eve, the first humans, lived in the Garden of Eden until they ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, le...