The Discovery of Genesis (33 page)

Eve as well as Adam must have been clothed in light at this time, as the symbol for
glory
portrays this first sinless pair. The top radical
fire
(see page 42) appears this time in duplicate and pictures
two persons
who look like fires with a bright and shining appearance. The light from them
covered
a
tree
. This tree very likely represented the tree of life to which Adam and Eve in their sinless and glorified state had access. As long as they ate of it, they would remain immortal, and not be subject to death. When they sinned, they became “naked” and also lost access to the tree of life. Consequently the tree in this character is very significant.

Conversation originated with Adam and Eve, the first two glorified humans in their perfect state of innocence.
To converse or chat
shows them as fiery beings
exchanging
words
.

The character
ancestor
, previously introduced, would appear to refer not only to Adam whom “God created in His own image,” and was therefore as
God
also
, but also to Eve. “In the image of
God
created He him; male and female created He them” (Genesis 1: 27). The radical
takes many shapes in the ancient script, such as
or
, and could even be used independently to mean
ancestor.
The horizontal lines are best explained in
, which can be interpreted as
two
persons
.