If God told Adam & Eve to "be fruitful and multiply" before the fall...?

Question

...then why is there no record of them having kids until after the fall?

I am a Bible-believing Christian so this question isn't intended to stump anyone. I'm just curious to hear some other Christians' thoughts on this. :)

(Something to think about: If you say they did have kids before the fall and they just weren't mentioned in scripture, then how would the kids have been tainted by sin if the Bible says the sinful nature is passed down from the father to his offspring? Wouldn't they have been "perfect" still, since they were born before their father Adam sinned?)

Answer 1

There is no evidence at all in the Bible to suggest that they had children before the fall. The first child born was Cain: "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD." (Gen 4:1)

Answer 2

Where in the bible does it say the 'sinful nature' is passed down from the father to his offspring? Gen. 4:14 hints of children before the fall. Interesting question.

Answer 3

Because they didnt have the desire to do so before they fall. That part of life wasnt a part of life in the garden. That is why the fall was essential. They knew they had to be fruitful and multiply. They knew it wouldnt happen in their present state. They knew the plan of God could not be carried forward unless they left the garden. That is why they partook of the fruit.

Adam and Eve did the world a favor. They sacrificed their own perfected state so that God's plan could go forward and we could be a part of it. This is also why I dont believe they sinned (they transgressed) and why I dont believe there was any kind of original sin.

All they did was put the earth into a fallen state, but that state was necc for the plan to continue. We should be grateful to Adam and Eve.

Answer 4

It is also curious to note God said Eve's pain in childbirth would be increased after the fall. Why would He say that is Eve had never before given birth? IF she had birthed before the fall, what happened to the children? Just a curiosity, since if God thought it was important for us to know this, He would surely have told us. I am convinced whatever He did was fair and just, AND that not all the details are given to us.

Answer 5

Good Question.
I Am Working on something along those lines.
See, Jesus Said HE Didn't come to Save the Righteous.
Only the Sinners.

Now, if Adam and Eve had Kids BEFOR
(the Bible dosen't always Date Everything--could be Alot of Time between Sentences)
the Fall, then those Kids wouldn't a had to be Born-Again, as I see it.

See?
I will not Teach this as "GOD Said it", but it is Something to Think About.

The Land of Nod, where'd they come from?
See?

Answer 6

Have you considered that Eve may have been pregnant with the first child during the fall? Realistically, God being all powerful could have placed sin on the children at the same time as the parents. Either way God's Word Is God's Word.

Answer 7

The advent thoughts, consisting of Adam and Eve, besides because of the fact the story of Noah's ark are to no longer be taken actually. those have been reasons of advent made up by making use of exiles for the period of the Babylonian Exile of the Israelites. some wrote those contained in this style of inspirational letters to fellow exiles with a view to maintain their faith from loss of existence out. those are completely fictional, whether, they do supply some God inspired available reasons. I do believe something of the Bible to be unquestionably genuine whether.

Answer 8

God required the shedding of blood for remission of sin. But, as Adam, the federal (representative) head of the human race brought sin and thus death into the world, another man (another representative, without sin, but also a member of the human race) was required to pay the penalty for sin—the penalty of death.

The Bible teaches, of course, that the atoning death of Christ was "for the sins of the whole world" (I John 2:2). In fact, it was only when "by one man sin entered into the world" that death came into the world and then "passed upon all men" (Romans 5:12).

Thus the idea that there were "pre-Adamite men" or other human-like creatures in the world unaffected by Adam's sin is theological nonsense. "As by the offense of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life" (Romans 5:18).

Since all men and women are descendants of Adam and Eve and "all the world" has "become guilty before God" (Romans 3:19), and since "the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men" (Titus 2:11), all people—of every age and every place—can be saved, if they simply believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31).

This wonderful solution to the problem of sin and death is beyond anything we finite humans could ever imagine. God made another Adam! He, Himself, in the person of Jesus Christ, the perfect sinless son of God, came to earth to be a man born of a woman—a perfect man—man as God intended man to be. Paul calls Christ the "last Adam" (I Corinthians 15:45). The "God–man" died on the cross of Calvary and "became sin for us," and then was raised from the dead, so that we might have a living sacrifice—a new representative head. Only as we are united to him do we have the gift of eternal life with our Creator.

And just think of what Jesus Christ has done for us. He became a man (but is also God) and will remain a man, God and man in two distinct natures, but one person, forever, so we will have a Savior.

What a wonderful message! What a wonderful Savior! What a blessed redeemer! What a God of grace and mercy! Oh, how we should praise Him—and for those of us who do love and trust and serve Him, we will praise Him forever and ever.

Answer 9

There is nothing to indicate the period of time that passed when God told Adam and Eve to be "fruitful and multiply"... It is most likely that they did not have children before they were driven out of the garden because of their disobedience.

It's also important to understand the difference between "sinless perfection" and "innocence".. Adam and Eve were never called "perfect" or "sinless", but they were "innocent" before they disobeyed God and ate of the tree of "KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL", this is the key to understanding. Adam's "KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL has been passed to Adam's seed.

When Adam and Eve at of the fruit of the tree of "KNOWLEDGE of GOOD and EVIL" they lost their innocence and so did all that followed them.

Answer 10

CLR,
Where does the Bible say that the sinful nature is passed down from the father to his offspring? I do not find it in the Bible. I find this thinking in some religious "sects". Have a great week.
Thanks,
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