Friday, January 8, 2010

The Origin of Language

First words revealed to us:

God: "Let there be light"

Adam: "And whatever Adam called each living creature, that was its name." (Maybe his first word was "cow.")

The serpent: “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

The woman: “We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden; but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, ‘You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die.’”