If Adam and Eve only had two sons how did Cain and Abel reproduce to create the next generation?

Answer 1

Same way as everybody else.

Answer 2

There are only 2 answers to this question.
1.- Adam shared Eve with their sons or
2.- Eve had girls as well but they neglected to mention this in the Bible.
P.S. I would think though, since they were the first human couple on earth, that it would have been their responsibility to have plenty of children to propagate the race, and that God made this possible. They probably had 20 or 30 kids, Caine & Abel being the 1st two.

Answer 3

Good question.

Adam and Eve: The First Parents
Adam and Eve were the first parents. The Jewish, Islamic, and Christian religions hold that all people are descendants from them. According to Jewish tradition, Adam and Eve had 56 children. This was possible, in part, because Adam lived to be 960 years old. Some scholars believe that the length of the life spans of the people of this time was due to a vapor canopy in the atmosphere. This may have made the earth's environment more hospitable to human life and increased life spans. These scholars believe this canopy was destroyed during the Flood and contributed to the great amount of water covering the earth.

Answer 4

Not all of their children are named specifically, but with no birth control and lots of spare time on their hands, how do you think they passed the time? :)

Abel was killed by Cain, so he never reproduced, and Cain naturally married his sister and had children that obviously survived, seeing as how there are now over 6 billion of us sharing this planet today.

Science doesn't DISprove the creation account! You simply have to take into consideration the fact that Adam and Eve were free from many of the common genetic mutations and illnesses that plague mankind today. After all, it is entirely possible for two perfectly healthy, unrelated people to have a child with Down Syndrome or Dwarfism. Why couldn't it be possible for two people who were so much healthier than we are today to reproduce and have healthy children?

*That's one drink for me*

Answer 5

Where did Cain Get His Wife?


In Genesis 4:16 it says, "Then Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17And Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city, and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son."
Genesis tells us that Adam and Eve had two sons: Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel, was exiled by God, and then in Genesis 4:17 we read that Cain had relations with his wife. Where did Cain get his wife? The answer is simple: Cain married either his sister or a niece.
In Genesis 5:4 we see that Adam had other sons and daughters.

"This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God. 2He created them male and female, and He blessed them and named them Man in the day when they were created. 3When Adam had lived one hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth. 4Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. 5So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years, and he died," (Gen. 5:1-5).

Since Adam lived several hundred years, having lots of children was not a problem. The Genesis account does not tell us about the order of the births nor does it tell us how old they were. By having many children it is certainly possible that there were many women around. This would mean that Cain married either a sister or a niece or some other relation. Of course at this point, the question of inbreeding is raised. But it is not a problem early on in the human race because the genetic line was so pure. Therefore, the prohibition against incest was not proclaimed until much much later (Lev. 18:6-18).

Answer 6

The Bible only states that Cain and Abel were the first born of Adam and Eve. They did have other children as well....

Answer 7

Hi. You have pointed out 2 big misconceptions. One is that Cain and Able were Adams only sons, and that Adam had NO daughters. The Bible tells us that Adam had several other sons and Daughters. It even names the 3rd son, Seth.

Answer 8

OK, here's the real answer. Both Adam & Eve lived to be around 900 yrs. They aged very slowly and were extremely healthy due to the purity of everything around them. In all this time, they beget 48 children. 12 individual births, 12 sets of twins & 4 sets of triplets. None of them were gay, that came later. All the children looked different except 3 sets of identical twins. Some were blue eyed, blonde hair & light skin, some had dark skin & hair, some were yellow with slanted eyes, etc. due to the vast viriety of genes God gave their parents. Eventually, they too had children & settled in different parts of the world. Some were adventurous & took to the sea or to the desert. That's how humanity started. How do I know? I was there.
-Methusalah

Answer 9

They had quite a few more children than Cain and Abel,These are just mentioned to illustrate how EVIL we are,that we murdered when life had only barely began.Could I also point out to those who incline to the theory of evolution that Darwin's theory has also been disproved and answer me this,If we evolved from apes,why are there still apes?

Answer 10

They had more children after, it's just that Cain and Abel are the famous ones.

Answer 11

According to most of the answers to this question I have seen on here, Cain married and reproduced with his sister. Although the Bible dosent mention sisters, they magically appear from somewhere. So, we are all products of sibling incest. That explains a lot about the world today, huh?

Funny, homosexuality, although not illegal, is condemed by Christians. But incest, which is highly illegal, is perfectly fine. Amazing what we can learn from the Bible