Cain or Abel?

Question

If they married, where did there wives come from if Adam and Eve were the only other peope on the planet?

thats people, by the way

drps you understand what I meant.

Answer 1

Actually Cain or Abel murdered the other one. The one that committed the murder was sent to another land where he met a wife and they had a son, Enoch.
but i get your drift. Where did the murderer find another wife, if Adam and Eve were the first ad only on the planet? I have read the verse before, because it makes no sense and is a foundation to my argument against religion and its deception.
Bible says they were first, because he created them, supposedly, after creating earth(which he didn't). Bible does not mention creating other humans. Actually it only mentions that he created eve and no others?????

Answer 2

An awful lot of ignorance in some of the answers above.

Adam and Eve were the only people on the planet in the beginning. But the Bible records that they had sons and daughters. I believe the Jewish tradition is 33 sons and 23 daughters (they did live to be over 900 years old, so plenty of time).

Thus there was plenty of time for Cain and Abel to have married before Cain killed Abel. They would have married their sister - or possibly niece.

In the modern age we understand the scientific reason why incest is bad. We have genetic defects and closely related people are more likely to have children with serious problems, whereas the defects are more likely to be masked when parents are not closely related.

Adam and Eve had perfect genes so this was not a problem. It became more of a problem as mankind has continued to devolve. God prohibited incest only in the time of Moses.

Excellent article below which explains it all in detail.

Answer 3

Some hold to the theory the Cain and Abel were the first two born 'outside' of the Garden of Eden, but Adam and Eve had children before the fall. Everyone was put out of the garden because of Adam and Eve, they were the representatives of the race.

Answer 4

The bible states quite clearly that Adam and Eve had other children besides.

In Genesic ch 5: 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.

I am not aware that Abel got married since he was killed but Cain did get married and had a son Enoch. Cains wife would have been his sister.

Answer 5

Genesis 4:17 says, "Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch." Who was his wife? It is implied in the biblical text that Cain married one of his sisters. Several facts lead us to this conclusion.
First, it is clear that Adam and Eve had a number of children. Genesis 5:4 says, "After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters." Since Adam and Eve were the first man and woman, and since God had commanded them (and their descendants) to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28), it seems reasonable to conclude that Cain married one of his many sisters. It is also possible that he married a niece or even a grandniece.
One must keep in mind that in the early years of the human race there were no genetic defects that had yet developed as a result of the fall of man. By the time of Abraham, God had not yet declared this kind of marriage to be contrary to His will (see Genesis 20:12). Laws governing incest apparently did not become enacted until the time of Moses (Lev 18:7-17; 20:11,12,14,17,20,21). Hence, there was no prohibition regarding marrying a sister (or niece or grandniece) in the days of Cain.
To learn more on this subject you can go to http://www.answersingenesis.org

Answer 6

Well obvious Abel was murdered by Cain, and thus left no physical lineage. Cain, married his sister, which was a provisional allowance; till there were enough individuals that this provision would not be needed and therefore was conditional, which later on this would be a sin. Adam and Eve had more than the three sons mentioned in scriptures and had daughters as well.

Answer 7

Main Worry is almost correct. His translations are a little off, but no problem IF someone knows the Scripture. GOOD JOB MAIN WORRY. I HAVE NEVER SAID anything about anyone in here that was derogatory, but I cannot take it any longer. Why are you all, (MOST) such IDIOTS. I do not know how to put it any other way. I have tried teaching, patience, praying, and even quoting Scripture and telling where the verses are and what Book it is in, and nothing works. Adam and Eve WERE NOT the first man and woman. You all say according to the Bible. What are you BLIND? Cannot you READ. WHY do you NOT understand what you do read IF YOU DO read it? I suppose Main Worry will understand what I am saying, and that will be the only one. PLEASE wake up from your Spiritual Blindness and OPEN your eyes. You have the answers in FRONT of you, Gods Word, and you still cannot answer a question truthfully. I can see now as the thousand year reign of Christ being a teaching peroid to educate, is going to take the patience of Christ. Only Christ would have that much patience. You are ALL in my prayers for understanding and wisdom, you sure need it. How EASY is it going to be decieved by Satan when he is here performing wonders before you. IF you do not even know the account of creation of man when it is written for you to read, what are you going to do when Satan has Gods Word removed where you do not have access to it. You had better learn now and keep it in your heart as that is the only way you will have it in the last days. May God help you, the ones who need it. Do not be ashamed of asking IF you do not know. That is the only way to learn anything, but be careful and CHECK out what ANYONE, including ME tells you. Use the WORD of God to see for yourself IF you believe the Word of God.

Answer 8

Correction Adam and eve were the only other people mentioned. Cain and Abel's wives came from the land of nod. I know I was confused at first also I had to ask my pastor.

Answer 9

That's one of the oldest "stump the Christian" questions in the book! The answer is quite simple, actually. At the time of Cain, there was no prohibition against inbreeding. Cain married one of his sisters!

(As another answerer has pointed out, Cain murdered Abel.)

Answer 10

There were people on earth b4 Adam and Eve and that's why God told them to RE-plenish the Earth in Gen-1:28.

This (Adam's) family was living in a garden but there people outside this garden and this is the reason Cain feared leaving the garden, and God put a mark on him so that no one would kill him.

Kudamah