Adam and Eve were related. Eve was a part of Adams body and they had sex (This we Know). Their children either had sex with theri mother, Father or siblings. What does the Bible say that justifies this incest?
2006-06-25 07:38:11 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i dunno,,,, thats creepy though.....
2006-06-25 07:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by S Z 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Adam and Eve had sons and daughters(Genesis 5:4) Only three sons are mentioned though and they were Cain,Abel and Seth.
Where, then, did Cain get his wife? It was obviously from among his own family. His wife was one of his fleshly sisters, a daughter of Adam and Eve.“But such a union is incest!” some may object.
It must be remembered, however, that circumstances were different in earlier times. Adam and Eve were created perfect, and the instruction for them ‘to multiply and fill the earth’ would necessarily require that their offspring marry one another and reproduce. (Gen. 1:28) But as perfect humans, their children would have been perfect as were their parents.
Even though Adam and Eve sinned and became imperfect, Cain and his brothers and sisters were still so near to physical perfection that the children they produced did not suffer the same adverse effects as do children born of such unions today. Even some 2,000 years afterward, God’s faithful servant Abraham married his half-sister Sarah, and God did not disapprove. (Gen. 20:12) It was yet another 450 years or so before God saw fit to provide his nation of Israel a body of laws that forbade incest on penalty of death. (Lev. 18:8-17) By that time imperfection had apparently developed to such an extent that no longer was it safe for close relatives to marry.
So, really, the question of where Cain got his wife is not a difficult one. The answer is provided right within the Bible, and it becomes obvious when the Bible account is read carefully.
2006-06-25 07:58:29 · answer #2 · answered by Micah 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible clearly says that the 50 or so children Adam & Eve had bred with each other to populate the earth. Then Noah's son Ham did something "wicked" and god turned him a funny colour.
Incest was apparently okay at that time.
There were people on the Earth before Adam & Eve though, for those who care to read what it actually says in their bibles: The fact that Cain feared being lynched (by whom? His Mom & Dad?), his marriage to an unknown woman and the fact that he founded a city (Genesis 4:14-17) should all be interpreted as evidence that another race of men coexisted with Adam and his family.
2006-06-25 07:50:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I takes many generations of inbreeding for the genes to create a hazard to newborn health, thus it didn't pose a threat at that time. Plus the bible doesn't say that Adam & Eve were the only ones placed here by God after them.
2006-06-25 07:45:24 · answer #4 · answered by DesignR 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
While I accept the teachings of Christ and His life I also accept the highly likely possibility that a lot of the Old Testament was myth, created by people either ignorant or very superstitious or simply gifted with a very vivid imagination.
And because so much of the early writings of the Old Testament were either edited, disregarded or thrown out all together it's hard to know what actually was meant to be the real story of the beginnings of mankind.
2006-06-25 07:58:02 · answer #5 · answered by Doc Watson 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over the centuries since Adam and Eve genetic information has degraded so the children of close blood relatives are at risk of defect.
This was not the case in early years and so marriage beetween brother and sister was allowed.
2006-06-25 07:43:26 · answer #6 · answered by hippoterry2005 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There have been some great answers so far, so I won't bother repeating what has already be said. But, I will add that the Bible says twice in Genesis "...Be fruitful, and multiply...". They were only following God's command to get the population growth started. You might take note that the Ten Commandments hadn't been revealed, yet.
2006-06-25 07:46:42 · answer #7 · answered by rjss 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good point!
And for those who don't know, the main problem with incest is that children resulting from it would have genetic defects. In other words, incest probably wouldn't work even if it wasn't forbidden back then.
2006-06-27 13:17:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve carried all the DNA for all of us so it was like dividing several godzillion strans of DNA. Now I have heard Adam had another wife before Eve.Now what was her name. Also the visitors from other worlds contributed some DNA also.
2006-06-25 07:49:30 · answer #9 · answered by Wise Old Witch 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incest is sexual activity between close family members. Incest is considered taboo, and forbidden (fully or slightly) in the majority of current and historical cultures. However, the precise meaning of the word varies widely, because different cultures have differing notions of "sexual activity" and "close family member." Some cultures consider only those related by birth, while others include those related by adoption or marriage. Some prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in the same household, while others prohibit sexual relations between people who grew up in related households.
2006-06-25 07:41:12 · answer #10 · answered by SEOplanNOW.com 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before Noah ( I guess before Him) brothers/sisters could have sex with eachother. After Noah was this meant incest...
2006-06-25 07:41:32 · answer #11 · answered by Bazsa 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋