who was cain's (from genesis) wife? Was it his sister or did God create other peoples outside of eden...?

Answer 1

Both were not farmers. One was a farmer, the other a stockman.

Answer 2

If you take the Bible as fundamentally true as written, then the only "wife" Cain could have had was his mother, Eve. If the Bible is flawless and the only truth is what is contained within it, then God created Adam and Eve. They bore Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel and was sent out with a mark on his head so he would not be harmed by others. Well, there couldn't have been any others, or they would have been mentioned, wouldn't they? So, what was the point of sending him out with a mark into a completely unpopulated world? So, since the only living female was Eve, guess where the first white trash hillbillies came from?

However, as anyone with 1 IQ point should realize, the Bible cannot be 100% factual and true as written (since there are many many internal mutually exclusive passages), then Cain, who is probably as much of a mythic figure as Adam and Eve, could have married anyone who would have him.

What mutually exclusive passages? Well, try reading carefully the first 2 chapters of the first book of the Bible, Genesis. There are 2 totally different stories of the "Creation" in these 2 chapters, which completely contradict each other. I'll leave it to the curious reading public to actually look them up, but you'll find the first mutually exclusive passages right at the beginning (no pun intended).

Answer 3

AMDG IS WRONG. Genesis states that on the 6th day God created man (the races of the world). Then it says that on the 7th day He rested. So that is two days , right . Then doesn't it say after that God created THE man (Adam) and then Eve (the last race to be created)? So, doesn't that mean the races of the world were created 2 days before Adam and Eve. It was these 6th day creations that the Cain and other sons of Adam and eve took to wife. If you read further into Genesis a little you will see that Cain whined to God that if
God threw him out of Eden that whoever finds him will try to kill him for murdering Abel. So who are these "whoever"? Yes there ABSOLUTELY were other peoples outside of Eden. And another thing , how did they know that Cain murdered Abel? There was no need for incest or inbreeding.
Procreating with primates, how absurd!!

Answer 4

Question: "Who was Cain's wife? Was Cain's wife his sister?"



Answer: 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.

Recommended Resource: The Answers Book by Ken Ham.

Answer 5

Your second guess is correct. In fact, those were the people whom Cain said to God he was afraid might see him wandering outside Eden and kill him. Read Genesis 1 again and go the the part where God created the Male and Female simulteneously. Notice also the sequence of creation in that time....animals were first then the male and female.
In Genesis 2, the creation of Adam preceded the animals and next to the animals was Eve. did you not notice that?
In Genesis 1, it also suggests that there were many Gods' talking when they were saying "let us create man in our image and in our likeness."
In Genesis 2 however. it is suggesting that One god is working on Adam
The Book was clearly suggesting that the people before Adam were Polytheistic who believed in many Gods and Adam was the first man to be enlightened of a Monotheistic God. It is not truly a creation of sort like what science is suggesting but a creation of Religion of One God. And Cain as well as Adam and Eve were the first people to realize the disobedience to the laws of nature and to the Laws of the source of life we call God.

Answer 6

I depends on what traditions you follow. The King James Version of the Bible may say one thing, but when you start looking at other texts such as The Life of Adam and Eve (a Jewish pseudepigraphical writing, the original of which was perhaps written around 70 BC.) or the gnostic Apocalypse of Adam, the stories start to change slightly. It is an interesting case nonetheless

Answer 7

Genesis 5: 4 "Adam gave birth to sons and daughters." This close to perfection, it was not a problem.

There is speculationas to skin color of Adam and Eve. It is not something the Bible comments on, but for all the different colors and shades we see today scientific speculation is they were olive skinned. That would have all the genetic material for all the differences we see now.

Answer 8

In the Bible when the Iseralites were told to kill their enemies sometimes they were told to kill everyone except the women that have never known a man (the word know meant to know intimately) . Until the Iseralites left Egypt people were allowed to marry their close relatives, so putting one and one together, yes cain married his own sister.

Answer 9

The first 11 chapters of Genesis are myth..meaning History becomes legend, and legend becomes myth...There is truth in this but one must understand that not all facts were considered essential...The truth is God created man and woman and they had offspring. There's nothing to support they bred with their family (conjecture).

Answer 10

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.

Answer 11

Cain and Abel both copulated with their sisters; and Adam and Eve had twenty-five children, and they were all copulating like rabbits, cause God said to.