2007-10-12 11:03:19 · 14 answers · asked by Bad Liberal 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
And they lived a very long time back in them days. Apparently.
2007-10-12 11:06:38 · update #1
SJ--
You're too kind but I can't help but take it as a compliment. I'm not gay, it's just my avatar that looks that way.
Oh go on then, smack her for your own fun, I don't mind.
xoxox
2007-10-12 11:12:00 · update #2
Until God told them that it was incest and to cease and desist all such actions until further notice.
2007-10-12 11:08:13 · answer #1 · answered by Starjumper the R&S Cow 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Apparently there were other people in the world - when Cain went into the land of Nod there were already people there, not mentioned as the children of Adam and Eve.
At a time when population and movement were somewhat limited, a degree of incest was almost unavoidable; for example, Abraham's wife was also his half-sister. Generally, it takes 2 or three generations of pure incest (no new genes of any kind) before defects start showing up. In a population of at least 100 with more or less random breeding this is not usually a problem.
The issue with Noah and his family is more problematic, since they were (according to the story) the *only* people left in the world. Noah and his daughters wouldn't have been a huge problem - likely they had different mothers to start with - but unless they found other survivors for the grandchildren to mate with, problems would be likely. Eight people is too small a genetic pool to be stable over time.
2007-10-12 11:30:41 · answer #2 · answered by dukefenton 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-08 03:26:24 · answer #3 · answered by scasso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had some pretty loose interpretations of incest in Genesis. So by their own standards it didn't take too long. Sarah was Abraham's half-sister; they had the same father. Apparently, if you didn't share the same womb as fetuses you were free to marry. Inbreeding may explain why so many OT figures thought they heard the voice of God.
2007-10-12 11:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by Pull My Finger 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Obviously alot... and if you went literal on the bible wasn't Eve made from one of Adam's ribs? so then essentially Adam was having sex with himself...
Takes masturbation to a new level lol
2007-10-12 11:29:45 · answer #5 · answered by Lorena 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Until God told them All to stop in Leviticus and Deuteronomy.
Your the Smart One...LOL.
And I'm not meaning that the mean way.
2007-10-12 11:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by Bobbie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Noah's sons had their wives aboard the ark so there was no question of incest then.
This question is worded backwards - do you mean after how many generations did it become incest?
2007-10-12 11:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by sharky 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is what you get when you do not stick with the Word of God and ask help from God when you have a direct relationship with Him.
Incest is always incest no matter who is doing it. The Bible is the record of what has happened in the past, and you can see that people did not live their life according to God's plan. You can be forgiven, but you still have to live with consequences of your sins.
2007-10-12 11:10:27 · answer #8 · answered by BaC Helen 7 · 1⤊ 5⤋
How much incest did Noah have to do after the flood?
If the Bible is true, we'd all be inbred freaks..
...explains the creationists...J/K! =P
2007-10-12 11:06:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
IDK.
Supposedly it was OK'd by their god until the Hebrew law came out.
2007-10-12 11:09:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋