Question about Cain and Able?

Question

So Adam and Eve are the only two people on earth right. Then they have their sons Cain and Able. Cain then kills Able and runs off. Makes sense so far but then Cable marries so chick tfrom where ever he ran off to. Where did this other girl come from or i am just way off track

Answer 1

Often, apparent inconsistencies can be resolved if we just look at the context. Consider, for example, the often-raised problem about Cain’s wife. As is well known, Cain killed Abel; but after that, we read that Cain had a wife and children. (Genesis 4:17) If Adam and Eve had only two sons, where did Cain find his wife?

Where did Cain get his wife? Is there a logical Bible answer?

Yes, there is. It is pointed to in the very instructions given to Adam and Eve shortly after their creation, namely: “Be fruitful and become many and fill the earth and subdue it.” Gen. 1:28.

Obedience to this command would require that Adam and Eve have children. Then these children, in turn, would marry and bear children. This process of reproduction by succeeding generations would need to continue in order to fill the earth in harmony with God’s purpose.


The solution lies in the fact that Adam and Eve had more than two children. According to the context, they had a large family. At Genesis 5:3 we read that Adam became father to another son named Seth and then, in the following verse, we read: “He became father to sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:4) So Cain could have married one of his sisters or even one of his nieces.

At that early stage of human history, when mankind was so close to perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the risks for the children of the union that it would today.

It is probable that, while yet alive, Abel had sisters; the record mentions the birth of daughters to his parents, but their names are not recorded. (Ge 5:1-4)

Cain went into banishment in “the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden,” taking with him his wife, an anonymous daughter of Adam and Eve. (Ge 4:16, 17) also the much later example of Abraham’s marriage to his half sister Sarah.

Answer 2

I can't judge the sincerity of your question, but I'll answer anyway. Genesis chapter 1 through chapter 2 verse 3 is an overview of the 7 days of creation. Chapter 2 verses 4-25 is a more detailed account of God's creation of mankind.
In Genesis 1:28 God gives the command for Adam and Eve to fill the earth (be fruitful and multiply). From this moment to the story of Cain and Abel in chapter 4, we do not know how much time elapsed. We know that Adam lived over 900 years and that they were told to fill the earth; so we don't know how many children and grand children were born before Cain and Abel (no where does the scripture say that they were Adam and Eve's first children); so at this point, there could possibly be thousands of men and women spread across the land. Also, Genesis 3:20 tells us that Eve was the mother of all living. To those of you that would consider this incest, this took place over a 1000 years before the law was given to Moses which condemned incest. This was God's way of filling the earth with humanity.
Time and space would not allow me to get indepth with this subject, but I've tried to answer with respect toward your question, which is a good question.

Answer 3

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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Answer 4

Adam and Eve had Seth, too - who is mentioned in the geneology of Jesus in the NT. They also had numerous sons and daughters.

Read Genesis 6 for a description of how humanity began. Understand that the phrase "Son of God" used in the OT - is clarified in the NT as a term used to describe people that God made from mud. Even without this tell in the NT, there is enough in the OT text to conclude that God made other Adams (Sons of God) and Eves (Daughters of Man,) that the famous incestuous history is actually not as sordid as it is rumored.

Answer 5

Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
"And Cain knew his wife." That's nice, but where the hell did she come from? The Bible doesn't mention any of Cain's sisters. Well, maybe he married his mom, or maybe God pulled another creation over in the next county. In any case, Cain and the mysterious Mrs. Cain have a son (another blue cigar!). His name is Enoch and he builds a city (population 3).

Although the Bible doesn't say, Joseph Smith provided the answer in "The Inspired Version" of the Bible, which was his very own "translation". Here's what it says:

And it came to pass, that Cain took one of his brother's daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God. ?Gen.5:13
So according to Joseph Smith (and he ought to know!) Cain married one of his nieces. He doesn't say, though, which of Cain's brothers was Mrs. Cain's father.

Another answer is provided by the Pre-Adamite theory

Answer 6

Understand the lifespan of man was over 900 years..Adam lived 930 years and had many children entire cities of several generations of children.

Answer 7

Off base? Of course you aren't. Young people have been asking your questions about Cain and Abel ever since Christianity stopped burning questioners alive. There isn't an answer really, it's one of perhaps thousands of puzzles in the Holy Bible. The most frequent 'answer'--that his 'wife' was one of his sisters--isn't a pleasant one to think about. Be well, lad.

Answer 8

i believe Adam and Eve had more then Cain and Able. i havent read it in a long time but i think they had more children. give you something else to talk bout, there was incest back in the bible days

Answer 9

The Biblical accounts are not intended to be exhaustive... there could be other offspring of Adam & Eve.

Cordially,
John
http://www.GodSci.org

Answer 10

who is to say that GOD didn't make Cain a wife? he certainly could have,the truth of the matter is it does not matter ,GOD has given us all the information we need.now that is where faith comes in because we do not need to know every secret little thing,some things are for GOD alone to know!!!