Genesis 1-2 never say or imply any such thing regarding the creation days. Evil is not a creation but a result of the fall ( sin, rebellion) of both angels and man.
Yes, I used to believe that about man and woman but after studying the question there are three things that must pass muster before I return to the textbook answer that they were created anything other than "fallen short of the glory of God" and "missing the mark" of the glory of God, or the glory
that is God.
Scripture records Isaiah saying, "there is only ONE God, there is NONE like Him, and He [God] gives His glory to NO ONE." This means that all creation - man and beast - were created sinful, or as Strong defines the word, "sinful."
The textbook answer is that Adam (and woman) was created "holy" or "sinless" or "righteous", or "innocent." But these are the Deific Attributes and Nature of God. They are the glories that set God apart from creation, even the material creation, which is not sinless, not "holy" not "righteous" nor "innocent." The word in Isaiah 45:7 is the Hebrew word (from [#7489] (ra`a`);
bad or (as noun)
evil (natural or moral).) It is also true that sin comes from sinner, sin does not come from holy.
13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: 1 Samuel 24:13.
First Corinthians 15 makes great distinction between the first Adam and the last Adam (Christ.) One is of the earth, earthy, the other is the Lord from heaven. One is created from material already created (man), the other in uncreated, the Lord from heaven.
We know God did not copy, give, reduplicate, or share any of His Nature or Deific Attributes with man. Man was not created eternal - another glory of God. Even if man did not disobey God he would have died in time. Sinlessness is [a] nature and glory of God. And even if God did reduplicate or share His glory of Sinlessness with/in man the man would have to possess ALL the Deific Attributes and Nature of God else he would fall short of the glory of God. The only Persons that can stand before a Holy and Righteous and Sinless God is a Holy Son and Holy Spirit. God Himself is the standard by which all things are judged against. Creation is not eternal, and neither is man in his creation from the dust from the ground. Man sinned because he was created a sinner. Neither do I believe in a "Fall" for man had already sinned by adding to God's Word - "neither shall ye touch it [the Tree.]"
6 Add thou not unto his words,
Lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
Proverbs 30:6.
Since man was not created eternal (a glory of God) he would have eventually died in time. In this alone man falls short of God's glory and the word for this is "sin." The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil was a natural, ordinary tree. But God used it to give the man (and woman) the KNOWLEDGE of good and evil. Then there is the Tree of Life. But there was no prohibition from eating from this tree. And the fact that God told Adam "Thou shalt not" in the Garden also points to Adam's sinfulness. I make no distinction between the Law of God and the Command of God. The Law of God are His Commands, and the Commands of God are Law. Saul brings clarity on this question here:
7 What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.
8 But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead.
9 For I was alive without the law once:
but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Romans 7:7–9.
Verse 7 can be applied to Adam taking this form:
Adam: "What shall
say then? Is the Law/Command sin? God forbid! Nay, I had not known disobedience except the Law/Command said, thou shalt not eat of it."
Without the command to not eat [from the Tree] man was still sinful but when the command came, sin revived and [Adam] died. The first Adam was not a reduplication of God nor did God share His glory of Sinlessness with Adam. Sinlessness is the Nature of God. Adam sinned because he was a sinner. He is not a sinner because he sinned. The one upholds the Doctrine of Imputation, the other destroys the Doctrine of Imputation. Therefore, the creation of man (and angel) was less than God. This, too, is a fallen short of the glory of God, or the glory that is God.
Another point is that all creation falls short of the glory of God. Adam sinned because he was a sinner. But because God cursed the ground man was spared eternal death. The animals did not sin against God but in time they also died. And death is the judgment for sin. Scripture also says that God created man in the image of God, but the image of God Himself is Christ.
15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of every creature: Colossians 1:15.
Natural, earthy, man is not the image of God. The Lord from heaven (Christ) is. And there is no better image of a father than a Son. God looked forward to the new man (in Christ) that possesses the image of God as we are in our conversion being conformed into the image of Christ - not Adam.
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:24.
There is only One God.
There is None like Him.
He gives His glory to No One.
Holding to these three tenets about God by Isaiah the reality of man's creation is clear. He possessed none of the Deific Attributes or Nature of God. He was created sinful, or "missing the mark."
What is the "mark" missed?
The glory of God.
The word for that is "sin"
I've only touched on a couple of questions going to the creation of man. There is more.
