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Part One · Chapter Fourteen — Adam
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The equivocity of adam. It is the name of Adam the first man, derived — as the text states that it is derived — from adamah ('earth').
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And it is the name of the species: 'My spirit shall not abide in man' (Gen 6:3); 'who knows the spirit of the sons of man' (Eccl 3:21); 'and the pre-eminence of man over beast is naught' (Eccl 3:19).
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And it is a name for the multitude — I mean for the common people as opposed to the elite: 'both the sons of adam and the sons of ish' (Ps 49:3).
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And of this third sense: 'and the sons of God saw the daughters of man' (Gen 6:2); 'surely you shall die like adam' (Ps 82:7).