Brigham Young interprets "Adam" and "Eve" to mean the "first man" and "first woman"; the name "Adam" long predates Adam receiving that name.
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- Personal Journal / Diary
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- Scribed VerbatimReprint
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Heber C. Kimball's Journal: November 21, 1845 to January 7, 1846 (Salt Lake City, UT: Modern Microfilm Company, n.d.), 124, December 28, 1845
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- Reading Public
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"[i]n the first place the name of man is given a new name, Adam, signifying the first man,—or Eve, the first Woman—Adam's name was more ancient than he was—It was the name of a man long before him, who enjoyed the priesthood. . . . After his fall, another name was give to Adam"
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