If Noah and his family were the only human survivors of the "great flood", did this necessitate incest again?

Answer 1

No, there was no incest because each of Noah's sons brought their wife:

Wife of Noah - Emzara
Wife of Shem - Sedeqetelebab
Wife of Ham - Ne'elatama'uk or Na'eltama'uk also known as Egyptus
Wife of Japheth - 'Adataneses

Did this mean that 1st cousins married? Yes, but that was not considered incest at that time as was actually quite common throughout the world.

Answer 2

According to Genesis, Noah was six hundred years old and invented wine. That explains a lot.

Seriously, if you read Genesis, it says that God told Noah to bring with him his wife, and his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and their wives : "you and your sons and your wife and your sons' wives with you." (And all _their_ servants, I guess.) And sleeping with your brother's wife wasn't considered incest, after he died that is.

Answer 3

Nah i think some of Noah's children where grown up an they had wives and children so do i don't think incest happened

Answer 4

The Lord spoke to Noah and said, "In six months I am going to make it rain until the whole world is covered with water and all the evil things are destroyed. But, I want to save a few good people and two of every living thing on the planet. I am ordering you to build an ark." And, in a flash of lightning, he delivered the specifications for the ark.

"OK," Noah said, trembling with fear and fumbling with the blueprints, "I'm your man."

Six months passed, the sky began to cloud up, and the rain began to fall in torrents. The Lord looked down and saw Noah sitting in his yard, weeping, and there was no ark.

"Noah!" shouted the Lord, "Where is My ark?" A lightning bolt crashed into the ground right beside Noah.

"Lord, please forgive me!" begged Noah. "I did my best, but there were some big problems. First, I had to get a building permit for the ark's construction, but Your plans did not meet their code. So, I had to hire an engineer to redo the plans, only to get into a long argument with him about whether to include a sprinkler system. My neighbors objected, claiming that I was violating zoning ordinances by building the ark in my front yard, so I had to get a variance from the city planning board. Then, I had a big problem getting enough wood for the ark, because there was a ban on cutting trees to save the spotted owl. I tried to convince the environmentalists and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that I needed the wood to save the owls, but they wouldn't let me catch them, so no owls. Next, I started gathering up the animals but got sued by an animal rights group that objected to me taking along only two of each kind. Just when the suit got dismissed, the EPA notified me that I couldn't complete the ark without filling out an environmental impact statement on Your proposed flood. They didn't take kindly to the idea that they had no jurisdiction over the Supreme Being. Then, the Corps of Engineers wanted a map of the proposed flood plan. I sent them a globe! Right now, I'm still trying to resolve a complaint with the Equal Opportunities Commission over how many minorities I'm supposed to hire. The IRS has seized all my assets claiming that I am trying to leave the country, and I just got a notice from the state that I owe some kind of use tax. Really, I don't think I can finish the ark in less than five years."

With that, the sky cleared, the sun began to shine, and a rainbow arched across the sky. Noah looked up and smiled. "You mean you are not going to destroy the world?" he asked hopefully.

"No," said the Lord. "The government already has."

Answer 5

The story of Noah and the ark is a sweet one and part of the Christian lore. I like it and all but don't take the tale as it's told as scientific fact.

Answer 6

In the beginning, people were far closer to perfection, they lived for hundreds of years. The farther out we get the more imperfect we are becoming. Noah had his sons and their wives from other families with him. So cousins marrying cousins in that day, would not be like it would be today.

Answer 7

According to the records it was just Noah and his family. sons, their wives. So when the kids grew up and nature started to take its course....ew, yeah you get the idea. So its true we are all a bunch of inbreeds.

Answer 8

Yes, but inter marrying was necessary to re-populate the earth, It wouldn't have been "sinful" or had the negative affects/inclinations that it does now. It was to serve a purpose. When that purpose was fulfilled it was outlawed.

Answer 9

No, because Shem, Ham and Japeth brought their wives, and presumably their children on the boat.

Answer 10

I've wondered about that. And I can't think of any way around it for them... so yes, I suppose it did.

People were so WEIRD back then.