Weren the 10 commandments as well as the Sabbath command given to Adam and Eve in the Garden (Genesis 2:2-3; 26:5)?
There is absolutely no evidence that this is the case. In Genesis 2:2-3, God sanctified or set apart and made holy the seventh day, but there is no evidence that He actually commanded that the day be kept by man. It was not until Exodus 16:23 and the giving of Manna that the Lord commanded anyone to keep the Sabbath. Further, the purpose for keeping the Sabbath was so that Israel would remember that they were slaves in the land of Egypt (Deuteronomy 5:15). Therefore the purpose for keeping the Sabbath could not have been fulfilled by anyone else but Israel, and certainly not by anyone prior to Israel. Further, Deuteronomy 5:1-3 says that the covenant (the ten commandments–Deuteronomy 4:13) was not given to their fathers but only those alive that day and Mount Horeb. Genesis 26:5 begs the question. That Abraham kept God’s commands, statutes and ordinances, does not imply that these were the same commands that were later given to Israel. In fact, Deuteronomy 5:1-3 says that they were no
