Common misinterpretations include viewing the verse as evidence that the first humans were androgynous or genderless since they are collectively called Adam, ignoring the explicit male-female distinction; claiming it renames Eve as Adam to promote gender fluidity, when it actually refers to humanity as a whole; or using it to deny biological sex binaries in modern debates, overlooking its reinforcement of God's intentional creation of two distinct sexes.
Genesis 5:2
King James Version (1769)
2 Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created.
Genesis 5:2 summarizes humanity's creation by affirming that God made people male and female, blessed them collectively, and named them Adam—meaning humankind—on the day of their creation, emphasizing the unity of the human race as a binary sexual creation blessed from the outset, linking back to the broader creation narrative in Genesis 1.