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I know, I know it sounds stupid but actually this idea came to me reading one of the close Questions ready for vote, quote:< IS incest a Sin?>that had 15 answers or so , very documented from the Bible, where there were passages when two daughters and a father got together to preserve human kind or something, plus Adam and Eve who had children and all living came from them, therfore their children must have coupled to each other to generate new population. Very confused aspects,this made me think.But if Adam and Eve did not have children naturally?I mean they lived in paradise first and it's unlikely to have got directly to sex, isn't it?The original sin must be more symbol, I heard this from a priest on TV. So it's more comfortable for me to think they had children not by sex but by some other form and they getting together later was like friends dating not like family.

2007-01-26 14:38:00 · 3 answers · asked by ParaskeveTuriya 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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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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2007-01-26 21:34:52 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 0 0

Adam and Eve had many babies. no longer in user-friendly terms cain and Abel. And there became no such factor because of the fact the sin of incest until the regulation became given by skill of God. That became lots , lots later. The regulation became no longer made until Moses spoke it to the Israelites. it is written interior the 5th e book of the bible. So until then it became suitable to marry a sister or cousin etc. because of the fact the gene pool became organic sufficient .

2016-11-27 21:08:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

If they had sex before they sinned, I do not know.

But they had sex after they sinned, and children.

2007-01-29 10:28:42 · answer #3 · answered by tim 6 · 0 0

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