Did Cain screw his sister? Or his Mother?

Question

In the beggining if Cain murdered Abel, then who did humans pro create? Produce off spring? When Adam and his wife died , who was left? It doesn't say anything about another race that was created anywhere. Did Cain screw His mother?

Answer 1

the whole story is in genesis 4 and 5. actually, it could have been his sister, his neices, great-neice or anywhere along those lines. after cain killed abel [v8], he wandered the wilderness (assumingly alone) for an unknown length of time, and ended up in the land of nod [v17]. in the meanwhile, the bible says that adam and eve continued to have kids, first seth [v25 & 5:3], then a number of sons and daughters [5:7] for the next 800 years or so (adam lived to 930, and had seth at 130). within 800 years of wanton incestual reproduction, a lot of people could have been around, and a lot of viable bachelorettes for cain to choose from.

now all this time while cain was wandering around, adam and eve and their kids were all getting busy. in the context of the story, they would have spread out and settled down in cities and towns, including the land of nod, where cain found his wife. cain himself lived to be quite old apparently. it doesnt say, but his great-grandson lamech would have been a grown man to have been a murderer in his own time while talking about cain being avenged.

so to answer your question, theres no way to say for sure if cain's wife was his sister or a more distant relative. however, there would have been tons of borther-sister relations throughout that period (assuming that the story actually happened as told in the bible)

Answer 2

The Bible does not specifically say who Cain’s wife was. The only possible answer was that Cain's wife was his sister or niece or great-niece, etc. The Bible does not say how old Cain was when he killed Abel (Genesis 4:8). Since they were both farmers, they were likely both full-grown adults, possibly with families of their own. Adam and Eve had surely had more children than just Cain and Abel at the time Abel was killed - they definitely had many more children later (Genesis 5:4). The fact that Cain was scared for his own life after he killed Abel (Genesis 4:14) indicates that there were likely many other children and perhaps even grandchildren or great-grandchildren of Adam and Eve at that time. Cain's wife (Genesis 4:17) was a daughter or granddaughter of Adam and Eve.



Since Adam and Eve were the first (and only) human beings, their children would have no other choice than to intermarry. God did not forbid inter-family marriage until much later when there was enough people that intermarriage was not necessary (Leviticus 18:6-18). The reason that incest often results in genetic abnormalities in children is that when two people of similar genetics (i.e. a brother and sister) have children – genetic defects are far more likely to result because both parents had the same defects themselves. When people from different families have children – it is highly unlikely that both parents will have the same genetic defects. The human genetic code has become increasingly “polluted” over the centuries as genetic defects are multiplied, amplified, and passed down from generation to generation. Adam and Eve did not have any genetic defects, so that enabled them and the first few generations of their descendants to have a far greater quality of health than we do now. Adam and Eve’s children had few, if any, genetic defects. As a result, it was safe for them to intermarry. It may seem strange or even disgusting to think of Cain's wife being his sister. In the beginning, since God started with one man and one woman, the second generation would have no choice but to intermarry amongst themselves.

Answer 3

According to the bible, Cain went to Nod, where he found a wife. To me that pretty proves that IF any God created Adam and Eve, He did not stop there.

Answer 4

why do people keep asking this question over and over?cain and seth married their sisters...assessment that Cain's wife was his sister. 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.


By the time of the flood severe genetic weaknesses had likely set in, making close-kin marriages impractical, so after the flood God reduced the life span of mankind to seventy years. This would prevent another population explosion of the pre-flood magnitude. (Mathematicians have calculated a billion people may have died in the flood.)

One might wonder why genetic weaknesses set in. It's obvious Cain didn't care about God's law, else he would not have murdered his brother (Genesis 4:8; Exodus 20:13). If he disobeyed God in this matter, he likely disobeyed God in matters of diet (Leviticus 11; Deuteronomy 14), and ate whatever pleased him.

Answer 5

First what you study in Genesis is an assumption or one's theory on how existence began. you may take the superlative view that God created guy or the logical view that it replaced into evolution. anyhow, if have been to think of it approximately it, if humanity genuine began from the dirt of the floor and a rib of adam, then definite inbreeding occured and we are descendants of incest.

Answer 6

Sister. Genesis says that Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters.

Answer 7

What a rude thing to say. You could use a soap sandwich.

Answer 8

Yo mama!

Answer 9

His sister.

Answer 10

was it really necessary to phrase your question in this way.