God created Adam and Eve. Which in turn had two children Cain and Abel (who was killed by Cain), then a third, Seth (to replace Abel). Cain and Seth both marry, and have children.
Where do their wives come from???
2006-10-18 11:06:49 · 16 answers · asked by Duke P 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I've seen this question here about a hundred times.
2006-10-18 11:12:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Adam was 130 by the time he had Seth, and he lived another 800 years. Without birth control do you really think that Cain and Abel were the only children in 130 years. Don't get grossed out that they married their sisters. They were the beginning and had no scientific or social taboos on inbreeding.
We don't even know that Cain and Abel are the first and second. Only that they are the first and second talked about. Perhaps the other children didn't go around murdering their siblings so it wasn't really important to tell about them.
2006-10-18 18:16:39 · answer #2 · answered by Shanna J 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As in Genesis 5, after Seth,Adam and Eve had "sons and daughters".
And Flavius Josephus in his "History" recounts the Jewish tradition that Adam and Eve had 33 sons and 23 daughters.
Probably Cain and Seth married their sisters; permitted in those early days but then forbidden as the gene pool deteriorated.
2006-10-18 18:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by kent chatham 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eve also had girls as well as boys. The bible does not speak much about the female lineage, as it does the male lineage. God was focusing on the male lineage that led up to the birth of Jesus.
Adam and Eve's sons, married and had children by their own sisters, which was permitted by God back then.
2006-10-18 18:09:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2006-10-18 18:14:14 · answer #5 · answered by The Skeptic 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who were the folks that would see the mark of Cain?
2006-10-18 18:10:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve also had girls. The guys marry their sisters.
2006-10-18 18:08:45 · answer #7 · answered by missyhardt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eve is where they came from human history started with a brother having sex with his sister how does that make you feel about religion
2006-10-18 18:16:17 · answer #8 · answered by Kyean L 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Land of Nod. I think it was near the Land of Oz.
So . . . as the inbreds were dilluted, intellect evolved?
P.S. I think it's interesting that the females were insignificant in the Bible.
2006-10-18 18:11:00 · answer #9 · answered by georgia b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The unmentioned sisters.
Therefore, according to the Bible, we are all related by Incest.
That certainly explains a lot!
2006-10-18 18:16:16 · answer #10 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋