How Long Were Adam And Eve In The Garden Of Eden?

How Long Were Adam And Eve In The Garden Of Eden? In other words, How long did Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden before they sinned and God threw them out? While there are all kinds of wild speculations, we as Christians need to search the Scriptures to see if we can find verses to answer the question. Genesis 1 and 2 give us the details of God’s creation of the world, including humanity. Adam, the first man, and Eve, the first woman were the very first human beings to be created by God. It’s from them that every other human being descends. God formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed His own life into the man (Genesis 2:7). God fashioned Eve out of Adam’s rib (Genesis 2:22). Both Adam and Eve, and all humans today, were made in God’s image (Genesis 1:26–27; 5:1).

In Genesis 2, we learn about Adam and Eve’s first home, the Garden of Eden. We learn that God planted a garden and placed Adam there to tend it (Genesis 2:8, 15). However, despite the beauty of God’s newly created world, there was one thing missing. The Lord God Himself said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him” (Genesis 2:18). Following this, the Lord God made a woman and brought her to him (Genesis 2:21–25). Notice that Adam and Eve began their life together in paradise, but how long did the two remain in the Garden of Eden until they sinned and were cast out (Genesis 3)? This is the question we’ll be answering throughout this piece of writing.

How Long Were Adam And Eve In The Garden Of Eden?

How long were Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden? Truthfully speaking, we do not know. However, based on other Biblical evidence, we can assume that their time in the Garden of Eden was relatively short. Notice from Scripture that the couple did not have their first child until after they were banished from the garden (Genesis 3:23—4:2). Since Romans 5:12 tells us that “sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all people, because all sinned,” Adam must have been childless at the moment he chose to sin. Behold, any child born before Adam’s sin would not have inherited Adam’s sinful nature. With this at hand, we are more likely to believe that the serpent tempted Eve to eat the forbidden fruit and the couple was expelled from the garden quite early on (Genesis 3:1–7).

Brethren, according to Genesis 4, Eve did not bear her first son (Cain) until after she and Adam sinned and were expelled from the Garden of Eden in Genesis 3. Behold, her body was healthy and sexually mature at the moment of her creation. She did not have fertility issues (and Adam was not sexually immature or impotent either). It’s obvious that not long after they met, they would have connected sexually, meaning it would not have taken many months or years for her to conceive a child. While some married couples struggle to bear children for a long time (if ever resulting in pregnancy), it was not their case. Had Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden for many years, enough time would have elapsed to result in several children. This makes us think that they were in the Garden of Eden for just a short time.

The Sin of Adam and Eve

Genesis 2 narrates how the Lord God Almighty placed Adam in a garden with trees of whose fruits he may eat but forbids him to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Likewise, Adam’s wife and companion, Eve was expected not to eat from the forbidden tree as well. Unfortunately, Eve was deceived by the Devil to eat from the forbidden tree after which she convince her husband to do the same. Their disobedience opened a pathway for sin to fall on humanity. In their sin, Adam and Eve decided that the Lord would not be their Lord in this situation. They would be their own gods and choose for themselves what was right for them. Sadly, the world has been reaping the consequences ever since.

The Lord God Almighty had given Adam and Eve everything that they needed to thrive and enjoy life, but they soon choose to disobey Him, and they lost paradise. The Bible tells us that immediately after sinning, Adam and Eve realized that they were naked, and felt ashamed (Genesis 2:25; 3:7). They made coverings for themselves out of fig leaves. But God provided them with garments of skin (Genesis 3:21), clearly demonstrating that sin leads to death, as He had said, and that “without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness” (Hebrews 9:22). Notice here that God’s action was a foreshadowing of the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ, whose blood would ultimately cover the sins of all who put their faith in Him (Hebrews 10:1–18). Still in the Garden of Eden, God promised a Savior, one who would crush the serpent (Genesis 3:15). That Savior is Jesus Christ.

The Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden

After Adam and Eve sinned, the Lord God drove them from the Garden of Eden and placed an Angel with a flaming sword to guard it so they could not return (Genesis 3:24). However, God never forsook them. As a matter of fact, the Lord God had a plan for redemption before He even called the world into existence (Isaiah 46:10; John 1:1–5; Revelation 13:8). For now, the world persists in sin, marred by its consequences (Romans 1:18–32; 8:18–25). Amazingly, those who have put their faith in Jesus Christ have been forgiven their sins (2 Corinthians 5:21; Colossians 2:13–15). We have new lives and are new creatures in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17; John 10:10) and will live with God for all eternity (Luke 23:43; John 3:16–18).

Brethren, one day God Almighty will make new heavens and new earth (2 Peter 3:8–13; Revelation 21—22). The tree of life lost to Adam and Eve, will be available to all who are a part of God’s restored creation in Christ (Revelation 2:7; 22:1–2). Although Adam and Eve’s time in the Garden of Eden was short-lived, all is not lost. God offers us true life in Him. He loves this world and is patient with it, allowing it to continue on, because He wants all to Repent and come to Him through Jesus Christ (2 Peter 3:9). Nevertheless, He will one day bring Judgment, and we must be ready (2 Peter 3:10). Let’s turn away from our sinful ways as we embrace the Good News about the Kingdom of God made known to men by Jesus Christ. By His Grace, through Faith, we can be Saved (Ephesians 2:1–10).