Incest is a sin..?

Question

if Adam & eve had 2 sons can somebody tell me where did the next generation come from.....i am not trying to be funny...

Answer 1

While some understand the reference to Adam in Genesis to be a general reference to mankind as a whole or the creation of more than one couple, most conservative scholars reject such a view and understand the Genesis account to refer to the creation of a literal Adam and Eve as a single couple. This is further supported by the NT. For instance Paul understood the OT to refer to a literal Adam and Eve (see Rom. 5:14; 2 Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 2:12-13). He clearly understood the reference to Adam and Eve to the first man and woman.

As to incest, it was not considered a sin and was not prohibited for Adam and early man. If the race was to populate and fulfill the command of Gen. 1:28, there is little doubt that Adam’s sons and daughters had to have married their own sisters and brothers if the race was to populate the earth, but due to the purity of the race as evidenced also by the long length of life, there were no adverse effects as we see happening today. Gradually, as the effects of sin took its toll on the human race, marrying one’s own sister, etc., began to create hereditary problems.

Here is Ryrie’s comment on this issue from his book Basic Theology which I would highly recommend.

Though by many inerrantists the question of where Cain got his wife would not be considered a problem at all, this question is often used by those who try to demonstrate that the Bible is unreliable in what it claims. How could it claim that Adam and Eve were the first human beings who had two sons, one of whom murdered the other, and yet who produced a large race of people? Clearly, the Bible does teach that Adam and Eve were the first created human beings. The Lord affirmed this in Matthew 19:3-9. The genealogy of Christ is traced back to Adam (Luke 3:38). Jude 14 identifies Enoch as the seventh from Adam. This could hardly mean the seventh from “mankind,” an interpretation that would be necessary if Adam were not an individual as some claim. Clearly, Cain murdered Abel and yet many people were born. Where did Cain get his wife?

We know that Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters in addition to Abel, Cain, and Seth (Gen. 5:4), and if there was only one original family, then the first marriages had to be between brothers and sisters. Such marriages in the beginning were not harmful. Incest is dangerous because inherited mutant genes that produce deformed, sickly, or moronic children are more likely to find expression in children if those genes are carried by both parents. Certainly, Adam and Eve, coming from the creative hand of God, had no such mutant genes. Therefore, marriages between brothers and sisters, or nieces and nephews in the first and second generations following Adam and Eve would not have been dangerous.

Many, many generations later, by the time of Moses, incest was then prohibited in the Mosaic laws undoubtedly for two reasons: first, such mutations that caused deformity had accumulated to the point where such unions were genetically dangerous, and second, it was forbidden because of the licentious practices of the Egyptians and Canaanites and as a general protection against such in society. It should also be noted that in addition to the Bible most other legal codes refuse to sanction marriages of close relatives.

But here is another issue to consider. If one accepts the evolutionary hypothesis as to the origin of the human race, has that really relieved the issue of incest? Not unless you also propound the idea of the evolution of many pairs of beings, pre-human or whatever, at the same time. No matter what theory of the origin of the human race one may take, are we not driven to the conclusion that in the early history of the race, there was the need for intermarriage of the children of the same pair?

Answer 2

Adam (A.S.) and Eve (A.S.) had a set of twins. One boy and one girl. Then they had another set of twins, one boy and one girl and so on and so forth. The marriage took place between the boy of the first set and the girl of the next set and so on and so forth.... that is how humanity was procreated.
And yes, incest is a sin now even in Christianity.
Remember one thing, the religious laws are permanent(worshipping one God). The things that change are the legal laws and the social laws whenever God thinks it is necessary. What was not a sin or a crime then might be a sin or a crime now and vice versa.
For example, the Jews were not allowed to eat fat of animals. But Jesus Christ (PBUH) on God's orders allowed the eating of fat. So laws pertaining to human beings change as and when necessary. So what now is considered as incestous was not incest at the time of Adam (A.S.).
I hope the answer is clear.

Answer 3

Christians have told me it was OK for incest up to a point. That god allowed it for a while and then changed his mind later.
But the truth is the whole myth of Adam and Eve is fundamentally flawed from a logical and biological point of view. Have a look into Mitochondrial Eve though, that is a fascinating topic about something which is actually feasible.

The point is that the creator of Christianity wanted to show the initial creation of the sex's with 2 prime examples of each, but it doesn't add up to create a population from only humans.
Face the facts people, it couldn't be true, and if it was think about who you are having sex with next time you are fortunate enough to. By Christians beliefs they are related to you.......

Answer 4

You are correct, incest is a sin, but just because we know things are sins does not mean we always turn from those sins, since Adam and Eve and there sons were also human that means they probably committed a few sins themselves, but just like with us, forgiveness is only a prayer away.

Answer 5

Two Twins were born to Adam and Eve. In both case one boy and one girl. Boy of one twin was asked to marry daughter of other twin and vice versa.

At that time the incest was to have sex with sister/brother of same delivery.

Also the brain was not developed that much at that time to uderstand such things.

Also many things were allowed for earlier generations or banned for earlier generations by GOD but was later baaned and allowed respectively.

It is in our nature to hate incest except for those whose heart & soul has died, who donot consider human beings more anthing more than beasts

Answer 6

Yes it is incest and it is supposedly a sin, but that is just one of the many contradictions of the bible.

What I'm interested in is the implication this has on the genetic selection. Shouldn't all of mankind just be a big bunch of Deliverance people? We all came from the same two people! Can anyone say "negative mutation city"? Can anyone say squeal like a pig?

Answer 7

Ask God to forgive you; it really is a sin, even if the significant project isn't getting yourselves right into a topic the position you're on my own like that lower back. that is undemanding sufficient to face up to by skill of making particular you do not finally end up on my own. yet you'll also favor to ask God which could actually help you to conquer the enticements and thoughts which could lead you to getting on my own lower back. you need to favor to talk with Ronny and tell him you purely won't be able to do this lower back and also you mustn't be on my own with him.

Answer 8

Cain and Abel were not their only children, just the first two. As far as it being incest, well the pickings were pretty slim, wouldn't you say?

Answer 9

The bible isn't real, is a fictitious book. I'll leave it up to you to decide if you think incest is a sin.

Answer 10

they did have another son called Seth, and apparently lots of other sons and daughters.