December 14th, 2023 at 12:51PM
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embodiment-of-a-loser asked:

in the job minisode Aziraphale mentions that Gabriel witnesses the first human birth in the garden of Eden, but didn't eve get kicked out of the garden while she was still pregnant?

thisusernameisunique:

neil-gaiman:

Yup.

That wasn’t the birth he was referring to. The one Gabriel saw had ribs in it.

…does Gabriel think Adam gave birth to Eve?

18And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

19And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would call them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.

20And Adam gave names to all cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and to every beast of the field; but for Adam there was not found an help meet for him.

21And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof;

22And the rib, which the LORD God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.

23And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.

24Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.

25And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

3,773 notes #he does#it's a rib thing