And it says he took his wife from the "Land of Nod"? A whole land of people? Mind you that Adam and Eve didn't have any other children in the bible until after Cain married his wife. Unless you say the bible is chronological order of the bible is incorrect, then he married his sister (incest). And if there were other people and they were not from Adam's family line, they had no "original sin".
2006-11-01 14:18:31 · 5 answers · asked by Production S 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
why not write your own version they did but they had a reason to
2006-11-01 14:21:55 · answer #1 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No one I know ever said the Bible is in chronological order. Cain did marry his sister or cousin or niece or some other close relative. Adam and Eve had lots of other children. All people are decendants of Adam and Eve and thus inherited the blemish of original sin. Fortunately, Jesus did not and can thus "stand in" for any of us who choose to claim him as our example rather than Adam who loved Eve more than God.
2006-11-01 23:57:41 · answer #2 · answered by Sparkle1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genisis Ch 5 Vs 4: "Adam had other sons and daughters". It also says in Genisis that Eve was the mother of all the living. So they would've married their sisters, in order to populate. There was no "incest" before the commandments were given to Moses. Also, Adam lived for 900+ years, so there was a very long time to produce offspring.
So it wasn't until the time of Moses that God forbade inter-family relations. Because we all go back to Adam and Eve, in reality - we are all related to eachother.
2006-11-01 22:29:34 · answer #3 · answered by Annibannani 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I take it you dont read the Bible much or you would have noticed Gen 5:4 remember all of this taking place over several centuries time enough to have had other kids and there was no prohibuition on marring a sibbling as there is now that didnt come into effect for over a milenia or so from that time Gorbalizer
2006-11-02 00:24:04 · answer #4 · answered by gorbalizer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did not say they only had two off springs..
ater abel was murdered seth was born to replace abel. then bible says adama and eve bore other children..
the bible does not state whether adam and eve already had other chidren prior to murder or if god had created millions of other people by this time...
many people don't read scripture leaves out all the ifs that the bible puts in.
2006-11-01 22:23:49 · answer #5 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋