Who was the first man according to the Bible?

According to the Bible, Adam was the first man.

The creation account in Genesis describes Adam as being formed from the dust of the ground, with God breathing life into him. He is placed in the Garden of Eden and later joined by Eve, who is presented as the first woman. Together, they occupy the opening human story in the Bible.

The name Adam is connected with the Hebrew word for “ground” or “earth,” and the related term can also mean “humanity” or “humankind.” That linguistic overlap explains why some translations and biblical scholars distinguish between Adam as an individual person and adam as a broader description of human beings.

Genesis says Adam and Eve disobey God by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Their expulsion from Eden is followed by the stories of their sons Cain, Abel, and Seth. Adam is therefore also central to the Bible’s accounts of the first family, the first murder, and the ancestry leading eventually to Noah.