The Discovery of Genesis (34 page)

In the first chapter it was emphasized that our planet earth has seen two very different worlds. The first, of which we have no personal acquaintance, was exquisite and perfect in its newly created state. The first man and woman were given dominion or lordship over the entire creation. It was not only from them that the earth was to be populated but also because of them that sin was introduced to our world. Therefore the original people inhabiting our globe recognized the peculiar status of this first couple, Adam and Eve.

A unique finding in the Chinese characters appears to recognize the position of our first parents and identifies the primeval world and events of that era with them. There are a number of radicals, mostly used in duplicate, which designate or have reference to
two people.
Already these have been encountered:

At this point, take a moment to review the words studied in this chapter, and you will be amazed at the number of these characters containing
two people: beginning
;
ancestor
;
to go
to come
;
to sit
;
to follow
;
all
;
glory
;
palace
;
to converse
.

It is notable that
to go
,
to come
, and
to sit
could all be accomplished just as easily with a single person. There is no logical reason for these words to specify
two persons
, unless they have reference to the first human couple as the subject of these verbs.