Gallery of Bible Illustrations
1. The Creation of Eve
"And the Lord God said, it is not good that the man should be
alone; I will make him a helpmeet for him. And the Lord God caused a
deep sleep to fall on Adam, and he slept, and he 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. And
Adam said, This is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh: she shall
be called Woman, because she was taken out of man. Therefore shall a man
leave his father and mother, and shall cleave unto his wife, and they
shall be one flesh." Genesis ii, 18, 21-24.
In these few words the Scriptures narrate the creation of the first
mother of our race. In "Paradise Lost," the poetic genius of
Milton, going more into detail, describes how Eve awoke to
consciousness, and found herself reposing under a shade of flowers, much
wondering what she was and whence she came. Wandering by the margin of a
small lake, she sees her own form mirrored in the clear waters, at which
she wonders more. But a voice is heard, leading her to him for whom she
was made, who lies sleeping under a grateful shade. It is at this point
the artist comes to interpret the poet's dream. Amid the varied and
luxurious foliage of Eden, in the vague light of the early dawn, Eve is
presented, coy and graceful, gazing on her sleeping Lord, while in the
background is faintly outlined the mystic form of Him in whose image
they were created.
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