Old Testament Evidence In the Prepatriarchal Age (Gen. 1–11) God spoke directly and propositionally to Adam, having apparently assumed a manlike form for that purpose (Gen. 2:16–17; 3:8), and entered into covenant with him, promising Adam great blessedness for obedience and imposing the sanction of death for disobedience. He also spoke to Cain (4:6–12), to Noah (6:13–21), and to Noah and his sons (9:1, 8).