Genesis says Adam died at 930 and gives no cause. The whole account is one line: “And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died” (Genesis 5:5). Eve’s death is never recorded. Adam’s illness, and Eve dying six days after him, come from the Life of Adam and Eve, outside the Bible. Genesis does not need to tell us more, because it has already told us what his death would be. After the…

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