God created Adam, and then Eve. Then they had children Cane, Able and Seth. OK so far. Whom did Seth merry?

Question

Bible does not say God created any more people and the only woman available was Eve. Serious answers only please.

Answer 1

Adam and Eve had other children too. I had the same question and asked around. The best answer came from our Pastor. There were other children and it would be safe to presume that he married a niece. This was a common practice at that time. Not sure but I don't think incest "came to pass" till Moses went rock climbing on Mt. Sianai.
There may have been some issues with genes pool too. But considering they were the pioneers, I doubt that they would have any major genetic mutations.

Answer 2

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.
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Answer 3

You know, according to the King James bible, it doesn't say who Seth's wife or wives were. It just says that Seth had a son Enos, then had sons and daughters, lived to be 912 years old and then died. Seth's story starts in Genesis chapter 4, verse 25 and ends in Genesis chapter 5, verse8 and never mentions his wife. Maybe it's in a different version of the bible?

In any case, just because the bible does not name the wife of Seth, you have to realize that he had a wife, since he probably did not conceive and bear his sons and daughters himself.

This being said, you also read in Genesis chapter1, verse 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, in our likeness; and let them have dominion...

Now, here God isn't talking to himself, he's obviously talking to someone (in OUR image). Who is he talking to? He is the God of gods and Lord of Lords so perhaps he is talking to other gods and lords. It doesn't say, so, therefore we don't know for sure. So, you have to realize that there is a lot of specific information that has not been included in the bible that we read.

Also, in Genesis, chapter 2, verses 8 through 11 the bible mentions various lands, Eden, Havilah, Ethiopia, and Assyria. The bible decribes these lands and what is in them.

Now God, being God, created Adam and Eve. And since he is God, how can you assume that Adam and Eve are the only man and woman he created? He is God. He can do anything he wants. End of story.

To further strengthen this testimony, we read that God created man on the sixth day. "Male and female created he them."

On the seventh day again in Chapter 1 Verse7 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, ... and man became a living soul.

No where does it say that the man created on the sixth day is the same exact man created on the seventh day. Why is it not possible and just as probable to believe that the man created on the sixth day is a different man than the one created on the seventh day. Perhaps the man created on the sixth day is meant collectively and that there was more than one man. The man created on the seventh day had a living soul and was called Adam. So doesn't that mean that since it does not say it, the man created on the sixth day does not have a living soul? Also nowhere immediately here does it say exactly what a "living soul is".

On the fifth and sixth days, the Bible says God created all the animals, fish, birds, etc... Filled the world with them. Then he created man (male and female) on the sixth day, blessed them, and told them to subdue the earth and have dominion over every living creature that moves over the face of the earth. Now two people, namely Adam and Eve (who haven't been created until the seventh day) cannot subdue the whole earth. It is the man of the sixth day that was told to do that.

It would appear that the man of the sixth day is different than the man of the seventh day.

Now that being said, isn't it possible to believe that the lands mentioned in verses 8 through 11 of chapter 1 of Genesis (Eden, Havilah, Ethiopia, and Assyria) were filled with the man (male and female) created in the sixth day? Granted, the bible does not say this is the case, but it also doesn't say it isn't possible, or, that it isn't the case.

OK, now just for sake of argument:
Now, along comes the seventh day, Adam, Eve, and finally little Seth, bundle of joy that he is. Seth grows up, and what's this? He needs a bride. Who does he marry? And more importantly, who are we to say the God does not also take one his ribs like he did with Adam and create a wife for Seth. Or, who are we to say that Seth does not take a wife from among the daughters of the men of the lands of Eden, Havilah, Ethiopia and Assyria? The bible does not say that in black and white that any of this is what happened, but, it also does not say that this didn't happen.

And, I think a lot of people would prefer to believe that, rather than believe that Seth had an incestuous relationship with his mother, Eve as implied by Slim Ar in his opening statements. The Bible does not say God created any more people, however, The Bible also does not say that God did not create any more people. And we know, again, that God, being God, could have easily created as many people as He desired, right?

Answer 4

But cain said Gen 4:15 that people will take vehgenance out on him, he did not say Adam, and Eve, his parents, he said others, so who were those others, maybe brothers and sisters??? Maybe Cain's story came after the Garden story because it was the first murder story??? Did you think of that, and that my friend is how Cain where Cain got his wife from to. A sister or a sister's daughter. Therefore...Seth had others sisters or sister's daughters to marry.

Answer 5

Adam and Eve had lots of other children ...but the bible didn't mention them coz the bible doesn't mention every single detail ..
man .. these people lived for centuries...so what do u think they only had 3 children in like 700 years ?!!! ..

Answer 6

Adam and Eve had a large family. According to Genesis 5:3, 4, Adam had a son named Seth. The account adds: “The days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.” So Cain married his sister or perhaps one of his nieces. Since mankind was then so close to human perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the health risks that may imperil the offspring of such a union today.

Adam was cast out of Eden into an unsubdued earth that was cursed to produce thorns and thistles, there to sweat out an existence, harvesting the bitter fruits of his sin. Outside the garden, awaiting death, Adam fathered sons and daughters, the names of only three being preserved—Cain, Abel, and Seth. To all of his children Adam passed on hereditary sin and death, since he himself was sinful.—Ge 3:23; 4:1, 2, 25.

Consider, for example, the often-raised problem about Cain’s wife. At Genesis 4:1, 2 we read: “In time [Eve] gave birth to Cain and said: ‘I have produced a man with the aid of Jehovah.’ Later she again gave birth, to his brother Abel.” As is well known, Cain killed Abel; but after that, we read that Cain had a wife and children. (Genesis 4:17) If Adam and Eve had only two sons, where did Cain find his wife?

The solution lies in the fact that Adam and Eve had more than two children. According to the context, they had a large family. At Genesis 5:3 we read that Adam became father to another son named Seth and then, in the following verse, we read: “He became father to sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:4) So Cain could have married one of his sisters or even one of his nieces. At that early stage of human history, when mankind was so close to perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the risks for the children of the union that it would today.


Seth may not have been the third child of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis 5:4, Adam had “sons and daughters,” some of whom may have been born before Seth. Seth is worthy of note because Noah, and through him the present-day race of mankind, descended from him, not from the murderous Cain. At the age of 105 years Seth became father to Enosh. Seth died at the age of 912 years.

Answer 7

Adam and Eve had a lot more kids and they had girls. At that time, the brothers and sisters had to mate in order to fill the world. It was okay for a certain period of time and then God said to end it and incest became evil. I was curious about the same thing and asked my pastor. I was also shocked.

Answer 8

Well God didn't mention all of the kids that Adam and Eve had. They had more than 3 or 4. And then all they had were their brothers and sisters and though that sounds kind of gross I'm glad they didn't think of it that way so all of us could be here.

Answer 9

Adam and Eve lived for hundreds of years and has many children. So they married the siblings or grandchildren of Adam and Eve.

Answer 10

Adam left Eve for Steve.