In the Bible, it says Cain & Abel married girls from the next town. What town? Did they marry their sisters?

Answer 1

Cain's wife was his sister. You referred to Abel's wife, but I wonder if you meant Seth. We have no biblical record of Abel having taken a wife, or of having children, but Seth would have taken his wife as Cain did.

Mankind was, at first, only two people, Adam and Eve. They had three children whose names we know: Cain, Abel, and Seth. But in Genesis 5:4 we read,

"And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters. "
We're not told how many children Adam and Eve had altogether, but they certainly had plenty of time to raise a very large family.

Adam and Eve were created perfect in every way. Their children would also, no doubt, be born physically and genetically perfect. Therefore, Cain's wife could be one of his sisters with no problems. Likewise, many of Adam and Eve's children would have inter-married with no problems.

"None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. " (Leviticus 18:6).

God does not condone near-relative marriages. Had God's command to Israel been given to Adam and Eve, and they and their children all obeyed it, mankind would have quickly died out. God, therefore, had to temporarily allow intra-family marriages to increase his earthly family.

Answer 2

Just were does it say that Cain and Abel married girls from the next town? I am considered a Biblical scholar, and I have never read that, or at least I do not remember reading it. What I have read is that Cain married, of course it would have had to have been one of his sisters, which was OK because the genes were still in there perfect, uncorrupted state, unlike it is today, or even 5000 years ago.

Answer 3

Or their neices, cousins, etc..Adam and Eve didn't get the joy of old age before than darn fruit, nor was childbirth painful before that, so they had quite a long time of play to make numerous kids. Just because Cain and Abel were their only "named" children, doesn't mean much, considering the other kids most likely weren't involved in the first murder. The bible also lists Seth as their son, but I can't remember the reason for listing him other than as an ancestor of Enoch's.

Answer 4

Maybe by "next town" the bible really meant from another planet. There's no reasonable answer to be had from the bible, so we might as well just make one up. Similar to the way some christians say that each of the six days of creation actually represents a billion years. There's no end to the lengths people will go to to make irrational beliefs seem rational.

Answer 5

Adam lived for over 900 years. Plenty time to have sons, daughters, grand, great grand, great great grand children.
Who were those people and why did they want to kill Cain? Cains own brothers and sisters because Cain killed their brother.

Answer 6

Of course they did. Where else do you suppose all the other people in the world came from, if not from Adam and Eve, according to the Bible?

Answer 7

Genesis 5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters (so Adam was about130 when He begat more sons and daughters after seth):

Genesis 5: Seth was 105 when he begot his first child. Seth was 112 when he begat more sons and daughters

Answer 8

Actually this was the only explanation they could arrive at in those days for the extinction of the Neanderthals - intermarriage with early humans.

Answer 9

Yes. Otherwise, there would've been no descendants of Adam and Eve.

Answer 10

The Bible does not say that.