When population say we all come from Adam and Eve there is one basal thing many have forgotten. You can read about this in Genesis lesson 7. We all come from Noah and his three sons and their wives. When Noah made the immense attempt of building the ark population no doubt laughed at his efforts - wondering what would come to pass, yet ridiculing him because they had no idea of the immense rain that would befall the earth. Mankind had become evil in their ways, yet "Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord" (Gen. 6:8). So his sons being saved in the ark was more a succeed of Noah being of age when the flood came - "Noah [was] six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth" (Gen. 7:6).
Moses is someone else notable man. He led the Israelites straight through the desert for 40 years (Exodus 16:35; Numbers 14:33). This wasn't due to the lack of a Gps-system as some have facetiously said, but because they turned to idols while the walking in the wilderness, as you can read about in Exodus lesson 32. In Numbers 14:2 we can read that the population murmured against God. Moses tried his very best to lead the population as instructed by God, but it was a stubborn generation.
Joseph was a man who found favor in God's sight. You can read about him in Genesis 39. This account is much similar to the story of Cain and Abel in the sense that Joseph's siblings didn't like him. It didn't succeed in death as when Cain murdered Abel, but much rather in numerous events where Joseph could show grace towards the population who had dismissed him.
Likewise, a very notable man is Solomon, author of the Book of Proverbs. He had a choice between riches or wisdom, and chose wisdom - riches followed as a succeed of faithfully obeying the precepts of God, as He has easily promised in Deuteronomy 30:15-20.
One other someone you should know about is Job. He was a righteous man, yet was struck with boils as a test of his faithfulness. He sat in ashes and weeped of his situation, but when you read straight through the book of Job you suddenly explore that he realized he had been self-righteous (Job 32:1). After his repentance he was restored to full health, and is a immense example that you can all the time recover from error.
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