Combien de temps Adam est-il resté seul avant Ève ? La Genèse ne le dit pas ; les traditions juives varient de quelques heures à 7 jours

Genesis does not say how long Adam was alone before God made Eve. Genesis 1 puts the making of man, “male and female”, on the sixth day. Genesis 2 tells the steps from Adam’s making to Eve’s, but not the time. Later Jewish traditions range from a few hours to about a week; one says Adam was never alone. What Genesis does give us is one sentence, and it matters more than the clock. After six days of “it was…