How Long Was It Before Adam and Eve Sinned? (A fun theory) - Oct 7th, 2025

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How Long Was It Before Adam and Eve Sinned? (A fun theory)

How Long Did Adam & Eve Last Before Sinning?
Was it hours? Days? Weeks? The Bible doesn’t give us a timestamp for when Adam and Eve fell—but if we dig deeper into the text, biology, and biblical patterns, we find strong clues pointing to a surprisingly short timeline.

In this video, we explore:
Clues from Genesis 1–4 about the timing of the Fall
The reproductive biology of Eve and what it reveals
Why Adam and Eve likely didn’t have children before sin
How the number 13 consistently symbolizes rebellion and sin in Scripture
The shocking possibility that the Fall happened on the 13th day—maybe even on Friday the 13th

We also reflect on God’s immediate response: the very first prophecy of the coming Messiah, found in Genesis 3:15. Even in the moment of rebellion, God was already working a plan to redeem us.

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[Ps82]

Mr. Enyart has a very interesting speculation of a time line for Adam and Woman to have lived before they sinned. I love pondering ideas ... and then matching them with what I see in scripture.

I hope some people posting here will consider my thoughts after listening to Mr. Enyart's ideas.

Gen. 1 God the Spirit is working for six days to created a lot of things, but I suggest that not all of those things were yet manifested within the realms The Spirit was establishing for them. Yet, at some point things like stars like the sun and its moon began appearing. At the end of the sixth day God the Spirit stopped his work and rested.

It was on the seventh day that God the Spirit rested; so, who began to work???
Answer: God the LORD!
Who was the LORD God? My reply: He ultimately became known as the Father LORD God in the OT. He was 'God the invisible Spirit, who APPEARED'! The Emmanuel (God among men)!

Genesis 2 states The LORD began his generations of work. There we have a time period mentioned. Now, I have no idea how long a generation was considered to be. I've heard 70 years ... 100??? But the word generations is plural ... so, to humanity quite some time was passing as The LORD worked beginning with the seventh day.

At the exact moment when The LORD Emmanuel began to work on the seventh day things on earth were like this:
a.) this happened before every plant of the field was in the earth ...
b.) before every herb of the field even grew
c.) for The LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not even a man to till the ground.
d.) it was before God caused a mist upon the ground and before he formed mankind a body.
e.) even after Adam was manifested upon the earth and placed in the Garden ... God proceeded to manifest animals within the world visually and allow Adam to name all that he saw.

Remember the point that Adam was given the authority to name animals and things God showed to him. It is important.

Now, regarding TIME we can assume the generations of his word began when he began to form a body for mankind. How long were these generations that he worked? I suggest at least through the OT for Jesus said this of The Father LORD God in John 5, "My Father worketh hitherto, and (now) I work."

There. You have three periods of time:
God the Spirit worked, ... God the LORD Father worked ... and God the promised Messiah worketh. I figure Jesus still works through the Holy Spirit in us.

They are the ONE God- Spirit LORD and Savior Isaiah 43:11

I admit I do not have a neat time line of the days when things happened before The Fall, but do have ideas on the things that happened. Like were there children born unto Adam and Woman before the Fall!

Next, I will give my opinions of what happened after Adam (male/female) was given a body and after female/Woman was brought forth out of the presence of Adam.

 

[Ps82]

Is it possible that Adam and Woman had children before they sinned and were expelled from the Garden?

Remember these facts:
a.) Everything was new to Adam when he was given a visible body which could behold things for the first time.
b.) God had told him he was given the job of naming things he saw for the first time which God creates. Adam did so.

One day - wow! Adam rapidly began naming things happening and appearing. Watch: I may embellish to make it sound exciting...
Gen. 2:23 Adam sees female for the first time and names her WOMAN ...

Then suddenly he says: "Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife ...

Well, Adam was excited to see Woman and a lot began to happen.

Adam named the act of cleaving ... he knew what it was like to have a wife ... and he understood what it meant to be a father and for his wife be a mother ... and he knew that a man was suppose to leave home and find his own wife ... and repeat the cycle.

And Adam did not stop there! He understood the process which had begun. The process of multiplying and reproducing; so, Adam added, " a man shall cleave unto his wife they shall shall be one flesh.

What if Adam saw that process played out and saw that specific one flesh come into this world? If my ideas is correct then Adam and Woman had a SON ...he was the MAN who would some day give them grand children.

Did they stop with one child. I have reason to suggest no ... but that is a topic for another day. For reasons I do speculate they only had sons in the Garden.

How long before they fell ... I don't know but I do know that
Adam made a proclamation over Woman just before they were sent out of the Garden. Watch carefully Gen.3:20, "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF ALL LIVING."

That is past tense ... she was already the mother of all who were living. I suggest that she and Adam had more than on son before the Fall.
Eve also was not surprised that she had Cain and Abel ... she thanked God for allowing her to have more sons. Just saying.

 

[Ps82]

I don't think we can ever know an exact time line... but from the day God created male/female and called them by the name of Adam, Adam lived 930 years. Genesis 5:1-5.Verse 1 says that the generations of Adam was 930 years and it had to do with his birth and his death and the children he produced and the children they produced are listed as well.

If time was counted in digits representing 365 days make a year ... then Part of those 930 years was spent between the Garden and upon the earth.

Adam and Eve had Seth when he was 130 years old; so, Adam and Eve were on Earth for at least 800 years. Gen. 5:3-4

That leaves 130 years when Adam's time was split between the Garden and earth.

During part of that 130 years Adam had time on earth to have Cain and Abel. The two boys grew to what seems like manhood being productive as a farmer and a herder. Ultimately Cain sinned. Adam and Eve did not have another son until Abel had died and Adam was 130 years old. Seth was born. verse 3

So out of the 130 years Adam had lived by then how can we find how old Adam was when he was expelled? If God considers Adam's birthday to be when man appeared as Adam then my guess of when Adam and Eve were expelled was between 0 and maybe 110 years old for Adam.

But then I'm not sure how God counted times called generations back in the day. The phrase "Generations when the LORD God worked" Gen. 2:4 and the Generations of Adam Gen. 5:1. Adam's was 930 years. For the LORD ... I just think it began on the Seventh day and continued until when our Lord Jesus worketh.