Eve was created from Adam's rib and both of them were white skinned?

Question

.. then when did the rest of the humans began changing colors
to black, brown, wheatish, etc.?

Answer 1

Eve was created to eat the apple and why was it apple ?
Why not Papaya, Mango, Coconut or Dates ? If she hasn't
eaten that Apple then the world would have been a better
place without so many colored people

Answer 2

The Bible does not state that Adam and Eve were "white skinned". Rather the name "Adam" comes from the Hebrew word for "red" ("Edom"). It would imply that Adam had a darker, reddish complexion.

Science has already shown that within the human population are all the genes needed to produce multiple skin colors, or hair colors, or eye colors, etc. As the human population spread across the earth, and formed into smaller, local groups, the inbreding within that group and the lack of new genetic material entering the pool would cause all the people in that region to have similar hair color, or eye color, or skin tones. Same as all the members of a family tend to look the same. They share the same genes.

Whether you accept evolution or creation, both teach that the human race began from a single woman. The only question is whether that woman was "Eve" or "Lucy".

Answer 3

According to the Bible, all people today descended from the survivors of a great Flood - Noah's family, who in turn descended from Adam and Eve (Gen 1:11). There are many stories, from many parts of the world, of a great Flood that only several people survived to repopulate the earth.
But today we have many different groups, often called "races" with what seem to be greatly differing features. The most obvious of these is skin color. Some see this as a reason to doubt the Bible's record of history. They believe that the various groups could have arisen only by evolving separately over tens of thousands of years. However, this does not follow from the evidence.
The Bible tells us how the population that descended from Noah's family had one language and were living together and disobeying God's command to "fill the earth" (Gen 9:1, 11:4). God confused their language, causing a break-up of the population into smaller groups, which scattered over the earth (Gen. 11:8-9). Modern genetics shows how, following such a break-up of a population, variations in skin color, for example, can develop in only a few generations. And there is good evidence to show that the various groups of people we have today have NOT been separated for huge periods of time.
One could say there is really only one race - the human race. The Bible teaches us that God has "made from one blood all nations of men" (Acts 17:26. Scripture distinguishes people by tribal or national groupings, not by skin color or physical features. Clearly, though, there are groups of people, who have certain features (e.g. skin color) in common, which distinguish them from other groups. We prefer to call these "people groups" rather than "races," to avoid the evolutionary and racist connotations that have become associated with the word "race."
All peoples can intermarry and produce fertile offspring. This shows that the biological differences between the "races" are not great. In fact, the DNA differences are trivial. The DNA of any two people in the world would typically differ by just 0.2%. Of this, only 6% can be linked to racial categories; the rest is "within race" variation.
This genetic unity means, for instance, that white Americans, although ostensibly far removed from black Americans in phenotype, can sometimes be better tissue matches for them than other black Americans.
For more information on this check out this link
"http://www.answersingenesis.org"

Answer 4

Not saying they were or weren't, but personally I've never come across a passage talking about their race or skin color. Every thing changed (skin, language, etc.) after the town of babel. The Lord confused their language because He saw that anything they tried to do together was possible. And they were trying to build a tower to the heavens. So He knew if they couldn't communicate then they wouldn't be able to work together, and eventually go their separate ways as they did. They're skins eventually changed to the surrounding climate. People in Africa became darker because the sun was obviously hotter there. Alaskans have squinty eyes because the sun is so sharp and bright off of the snow. Etc....hope this helps.

Answer 5

The Bible doesn't say anything about them being white skinned; that is just the picture our culture has given us because we relate more to things that are most like us. If you think about it, they were probably the color of the dirt God made them from. But outside of that, I'm not sure where the other colors came in! Some things, we'll never know!

Answer 6

Were they white or black or maybe blue. I think white.
As the colors of the rainbow are contained within sunlight, so to are we all contained within the light of Gods unconditional love. In this world of duality all things are divided into there many parts. Does it matter when and how?

Answer 7

Well, one theory is that it was influenced by climate. For instance, the ******* races originally came from tropical climates. Over generations, their skin adapted to the relentless sun by producing more melanin to protect them from sunburn and skin cancers. And of course, as communities broke off from others, certain genetic characteristics eventually emerged that were different from other geographically separated communities.

Answer 8

We really have no idea what their skin color was, Skin color has to do wtih where you live. Over time the people in the warmer climates skin turned darker in color, People in the cooler areas turned lighter. That is the only reason I can think of as my answer to you.

Answer 9

If Adam & Eve actually existed, which I doubt, they weren't white. I believe in God, but I think a lot of the old testament was just a collection of stories to explain how we got here, why we should follow God, etc.

Answer 10

Despite depictions of Adam and Eve always being white, I don't think the Bible ever describes them as such.