I guess I am a little ignorant on the subject, but didn't Adam and Eve only have 3 kids? How did her sons marry off if there was no one else on the Earth? Is there something in the bible that says how that was possible, and I just overlooked it?
2007-12-04 01:50:55 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh, well thats kinda gross. Thanks for answering!
2007-12-04 01:56:00 · update #1
No. Read Genesis 5:4. They had many children that were not named in the Bible. The first three, Cain, Abel, and Seth were documented for scriptural reference. Given that lifespans were much longer then, their "productive" years would have been longer, giving them more opportunities to bear children (they probably had LOTS of kids).
2007-12-04 01:55:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
In case you don't know, there are many writings which were banned from the bible in Medieval times, ones (such as in this area) that opened up various possible avenues of dissent the religious leaders of the times wanted to quash.
Look for the Apocrypha.
Ironically, by hiding some of these writings, they inadvertently
made it acceptable to have sex with your own siblings (where else could the world's people come from but the brothers and sisters having sex with each other?). After all, the bible doesn't chronicle the creation of other adam and eve couples all over the place to allow for marying and breeding.
And - a wild thought I just had... this could even be construed as the Church endorsing the concept of evolution. Because, if humans in-breed, the result is a bunch of retarded, non-surviveable near humans (y'know, like neocons). But.... if much lower evolutionary-scale creatures inbreed, the results are different, so in order for there to have been only two progenitors of the species, then the species would have to have been more simple ancestors of humans.
Hmm........... anybody call Pat Robertson with the news yet?
I would, but he screens his calls, and I'm on his sh**list.
2007-12-04 04:49:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They did not only have three kids, they only had three kids that were mentioned by name.
God said to be fruitful and multiply, God said for them to have many kids, they obeyed.
It says so in Genesis, they were to have kids, common sense shows they would have had kids, and that the sons (the only ones mentioned in those times !!!!) would have married them.
Yes they married sisters, then they married cousins, then second cousins....
Ge 5:3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. 5 Altogether, Adam lived a total of 930 years, and then he died.
http://www.zondervanbiblesearch.com/ResultsPassage.aspx?Passage=Genesis+5&Highlighted=genesis+3&Search=genesis+3
I use todays new international version, because the wordage is more the way we talk today, and easier to read, for most people, you can change the version on that website if you prefer. That's what it says though, straight from the horses mouth.
Jess - feel free to email
2007-12-04 01:57:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The bible only talks about the two sons because their life example is significant to our lives. God wanted to point that out...just because the bible doesn't talk about other sons or daughters of Adam and Eve doesn't mean that they didn't have more. The other children just didn't have significant events in their lives that God wanted to make known.
2007-12-04 02:00:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No. Adam(PBUH*) and Eve had more kids then just Able, Cain and Seth. Cain and Able had twin sisters. The Bible doesn't tell you this because the Catholics who rewrote the Bible didn't like the idea of Cain and Able having sex with their brother's sister. But that is what they had to do back then.
Cain killed Able because Cain's sister was prettier then Able's sister. ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala) said that Cain should marry Able's sister and Able should marry Cain's sister. Well Cain didn't like this idea so they fought over it until Adam(PBUH*) came and told each of them to offer an sacrifice to ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala) and whoever's offering was accepted would marry Cain's sister. So Able offered his best sheep. Cain offered his worst sheep. Natually ALLAH(Subhanna wa ta'ala) accepted Able's offering so Cain got mad and killed Able.
2007-12-04 04:40:14 · answer #5 · answered by wolfkarew 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adam and Eve had many kids....Only three were named in the bible which are Kane, Able and Seth
2007-12-04 01:54:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 0⤋
The Bible says they had sons and daughters. It only mentions 3 of them by name.
2007-12-04 01:54:39 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
NO.
Adam and Eve, cain killed Abel, Seth is born year 130. Gen.4:25; 5:3;
There is no telling what the population was, as it does not say.
Jacob at age 130, Gen.46:27; 47:9; had 70 family members.
There is no incest law until year 2515. No worry for genetic defect.
2007-12-04 01:57:06 · answer #8 · answered by jeni 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
When Eve receives correction from God and the punishment is she will now have pain in child bearing, that leads me to believe she had children prior to "the fall". Just my opinion.
2007-12-04 02:12:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
the two sons cain and able had kids with there sisters read genesis it wasntnt overlooked
2007-12-04 02:01:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋