where did they come from
2006-07-14 02:48:31 · 16 answers · asked by freespiritedtaye 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
After Cain murdered Able
he was sent out into the wilderness.
Sure there was a detailed account of the first
family. And there's no mention of the second, nor
third or subsequent families.
I'm sure there were some serious soap operas back
in those days, and that would have been a good read,
but would have probably taken away from the sacred holiness of
The Bible, and didn't make it into Moses's story. (the author of Genesis)
Surely God didn't make Adam and Eve and then stop there,
but the others just didn't make the cut.
2006-07-14 02:59:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard two theories.. one about "The others" in the land of Nod whom their children married. Which makes no sense since Adam & Eve are supposedly the first people who were created and that all people on this earth came from them (including every single race)
I've also heard that their children simply married each other and that brothers and sisters had to be husband and wives to each other.
I personally do not believe in the Adam & Eve story. How do you explain such a variation of races and cultures and such if we all descend from Adam & Eve?
2006-07-14 10:00:05 · answer #2 · answered by spike_is_my_evil_vampire 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of Adam and Eve is not necessarliy true (it could be, though.) If you believe the story of Adam and Eve, God probably made more humans that Adam's son could have married. OR The story of Adam and Eve just means that God created the Earth for us and we sinned against him.
2006-07-14 10:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by Maurus B. 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seth was born when his dad was age 130 years old, ther could be 58 other children, and Abel had been killed, only one couple had to pair, then take it from there, but there could have been 60 more children born to just Adam and Eve.
There was no danger in deformity as they were to near perfect even after sin, and still in the life sustaining earth, so incest as we know it did not exist then.
The flood came 1656 years after Eden and the life sustaining earth was lost, Shem the son of Noah died at age 600, Abraham age 175 died 25 years later.
2515 years after Eden, in Leviticus 18:7-18; the first close relations in marriage law was passed.
2006-07-14 10:40:19 · answer #4 · answered by jeni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve are a metaphore they were not the only two humans, just a child like story of creation just like every other culture on earth.
2006-07-14 09:52:27 · answer #5 · answered by notoronster 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ah hah! You've uncovered one of the fundamental flaws in the theory of creation. Some may say that God just created other people, but then all humankind would not descendant from Adam and Eve as they also profess, would we?!
2006-07-14 09:54:00 · answer #6 · answered by jet_333 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was his sister, and cain came from perfect parents so he would have no genetic mutations so neither would his children.
another theory in creation is that they wer the first people created but not the only 1s created.
SAY YES T O JESUS.
2006-07-14 09:53:27 · answer #7 · answered by noachian 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Interesting observation. They came from another planet called Earth2
2006-07-14 09:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Ouros 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They married their siblings. Remember, the gene pool was pretty clean back then!
2006-07-14 09:54:06 · answer #9 · answered by irishharpist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They actually married their sisters.
2006-07-14 09:51:46 · answer #10 · answered by Wise ol' owl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋