Did Adam have more than wife?

Question

Is it possible he had another wife to help populate the World?

Answer 1

He had only EVE for a wife, he was married by God, and what God does he does for eternity.

however, the mythology of lilith presupposes that lilith was adams first wife, but because she would not Submit, God gave him EVE the mother of all living. However, according to the book of urantia, Adam took a woman of the "brown' race, if she is considered a "wife" than Adam had at least 2 or 3 wives. if adam took a brown skinned in fornication or adultery than she became a common law wife. or a concubine. either way the answer is 2 or 3.

Multiple wives is a divine law of covnents and marriage, marriage was ordained of God, and plural marriage was clearly evident with the Begotten Son of Jesus through the conception of jesus and Mary.

Answer 2

Adam did not have more than one wife according to scripture, but at times after wars when many men are dead and the need to replenish the destroyed numbers is strong, the Lord has allowed polygyny to provide comfort to those women and children whose husbands were killed to keep those families alive whose men were not killed and whose families are in tact. T

Such families have a responsibility to the broken families which were broken to defend a society and their own family.

Thus Jacob had several wives and the fruit of his polygamous activies was chosen by the Almighty. Clearly, the Lord did not see the children of Israel as bastar** or illegitimate. If not, it would be unlikely they would have been chosen to represent the Almighty's laws for centuries.

I know you did not have this dimension in mind when you asked the more practical question of how did the population increase, because it is a great burden on a woman to give birth to a human being, whereas it is easier for a man to create new life based on the system in place.

Answer 3

It's a fairy tale, hon, from Babylon, practically word for word, not much different than the big bad wolf, the three little pigs, Goldilocks or Hansel and Gretel. The Ten commandments are almost the same as the 12 denials said in Egypt, and pre-date Moses by some 1200 years. The old testament is the folklore and tales and history of the Tribe of Israel, and as such, not much different than any of those tribes that lived in that area about the same time... Hittite, Assyria, Kadesh, and others.

Answer 4

That information has not been provided to us, but if you look at the lifespan of the people at the beginning of time (as I recall, Adam himself lived at least 900 years) Then there wouldn't have been any reason for another wife... but only death and talking directly to Adam or God will answer that.
It's an interesting idea though.....

Answer 5

Before Eve there was Lilith, but she was too headstrong. God created Eve out of Adam's rib so that she would be more compliant to Adam's will. Lilith was sent out from the Garden when Eve came about.

Answer 6

Adam and Eve.

I've heard some whisperings about a woman named Lillith. Whether that was another name for Eve, or if she was another individual, I don't know. Maybe I'll have to do some research...

Answer 7

Adam means "All-man" and represents all humanity not an individual. To see him as a single person is to take it too literal and superficial. To think in terms of his wive/s (Eve means "All- Mother") and sons etc. as actual individual persons is to reduce the divine poetry to it's most meaningless and simplistic element. It is the same as reading Hamlet and just thinking it is a sad story about a guy who kills himself or reading War and Peace and thinking it's just and adventure/romance...that is totaly missing the point!

Answer 8

That's a great question. I don't know that one for sure. I recently found an article, relating to the nature of marriage. Since your question touches on polygamy, I think this article relates as an answer to your question.
At the end of the quote from the article, a verse from the book of Jacob describes the nature of a marriage as it should be, one man and one woman. How it came to be that early pioneers had multiple wives was by revelation for a limited amount of time from God. But since Jacob's word describe how things should be, I'm assuming that Adam only had one wife as a result of this information.

The article is relating to Wilford Woodruff's reason for releasing the Manifesto:

(EXACT QUOTE FROM THE SOURCE:)

* Latter-day Saint converts in the 19th century had been raised in traditional, monogamous homes and struggled with the idea of a man having more than one wife. It was as foreign to them as it would be to most families today in the western world. Even Brigham Young, who was later to have many wives and children, confessed to his initial dread of the principle of plural marriage.
* Subsequently, in 1890, President Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of the Church, received what Latter-day Saints believe to be a revelation in which God withdrew the command to practice plural marriage. He issued what has come to be known as the "Manifesto," a written declaration to Church members and the public at large that stopped the practice of plural marriage.
* Later, describing the reasons for the Manifesto, President Woodruff told Church members, "The Lord showed me by vision and revelation exactly what would take place if we did not stop this practice. If we had not stopped it, you would have had no use for ... any of the men in this temple ... for all (temple sacraments) would be stopped throughout the land. ... Confusion would reign ... and many men would be made prisoners. This trouble would have come upon the whole Church, and we should have been compelled to stop the practice."
* Today Church members honor and respect the sacrifices made by those who practiced polygamy in the early days of the Church. However, the practice is outlawed in the Church, and no person can practice plural marriage and remain a member.
* The standard doctrine of the Church is monogamy, as it always has been, as indicated in the Book of Mormon (Jacob chapter 2): “Wherefore, my brethren, hear me, and hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall have none. … For if I will, saith the Lord of Hosts, raise up seed unto me, I will command my people; otherwise they shall hearken unto these things.”

In other words, the standard of the Lord’s people is monogamy unless the Lord reveals otherwise. Latter-day Saints believe the season the Church practiced polygamy was one of these exceptions.

(END QUOTE)

Me again:

So I believe, by Jacob's words in the BOM, and our standard practice in the Church being strictly monogamy, that it is most likely that Adam had solely Eve as his wife.

Answer 9

No.
The first mention of two wifes was from Lamech.
Lamech took two wifes, Adah and Zillah.
Lamech was Adam's great, great, great, great-grandson from the line of Cain.
Genesis 4:19.

Answer 10

His first wife was named Lilith, but that didn't work out.