Also, as Adam and Eve were created perfect, their genes would have been perfect. The Bible was not meant to be taken literally. Mary Joan Winn Leith suggests that while the Israelite storyteller knew that other men and women in Genesis existed outside of Eden, they did not matter to him or factor into his account. Only by comparing other Biblical genealogies from the same time period do we figure it out. Yes well, if you understand that the Tree in the garden represents Pre Admic races , then you must accept. Anyway its much more complicated than this, but these are the basics as to what my studies have found, while studying under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Believe the story, no matter if it is true or not. If Adam and Eve ate the fruit while others didnt then there would be immortal human beings and they would not have remained on this miserable sin filled planet but God would have taken them elsewhere. Lenins ideology was inspired by Darwins Origin of Species: Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of higher animals, directly follows (Darwin 1886). There is no way to tell the difference between HN and HHS. Thats what gets me the most about talking to people about this stuff. Likewise, human population numbers increased, leaving behind more evidence. Adam and Eve were the beginning of the Jewish people only. They do not come up and inundate the land; neither do they fly off into space. There were already humans on the earth. Except for dear Noah and family. In Muslim tradition, Cain was born with a twin sister who was named Aclima, and Abel with a twin sister named Jumella. Cain married a sister or niece. After some 2,500 years of human history, however, when mankinds physical condition had greatly deteriorated, Jehovah gave to Israel laws forbidding incest.) The speculation, however, is interesting and should be regarded as that. So Can married one of his own sisters. All of them are not recorded. Wake up. Not until after the Tower of Babel did humans migrate outside of the Arabian peninsula. Sure, but chronologically it does not make sense. I believe science and God can exists together. Genesis 1:3-31 gives us an overview of some important steps in the formation of earth and its atmosphere. days drew near. See for yourselves. Of course, Gen. 2.7 is in the womb too. Who did Shem Ham and Japheth marry? Because these stories were the stories of old women (1Tim 4:7) and had no place being taught in the first century congregation. It is steeped in occultic practices that the Israelites were warned against practicing, and is full of superstitious teachings. Such as, could it have been in America and the garden being say around the area on St. Louis. The ancient peoples would have understood the antagonisms that would have at times occured between settled farmers dwelling in cities and semi-nomadic herdsmen dwelling in camps; since prehistoric times. He still had commanded them to fill the earth and subdue it, no matter how He felt over Abels demise. If I get what you are after the question you are actually asking is, Whom did Cain marry?, Where did Cain get his wife if there was just one family? How, we might respond, could this be? It overturns our way of thinking. So it couldnt harm the rest of the World (population). Will Cain is an American conservative political analyst and sports commentator who started working as a news panelist in 2010 and was most notably featured in programs of Fox network and ESPN. Why dont people read Genesis 5:4 which reveals that Adam begat sons and daughters. Ill want to respond to some comments. I know Jewish sources are not the Word of God, but you said that old Hebrews would laugh at the idea of humans being made out of dust or mud. Adam, Cain, Abraham, Moses- all nicknames. It is obvious that there were other children. Mary Joan Winn Leith suggests that while the Israelite storyteller knew that other men and women in Genesis existed outside of Eden, they did not matter to him or factor into his account. From the bibles explanation, Cain knew his wife and had a son means that Cain slept with his wife and had a son. If something was important to people, they were capable of preserving a story and/or history even by oral tradition with word for word accuracy. The majority understanding for the last 2,000 years has been that Adam was the first man and Eve the first woman, and that God started with just two people (Genesis 1:27, 2:7, 22-24, 3:20; Book of Tobit 8:6; Book of Jubilees 2:14, 23; Antiquities Bk. The Bible gives limited details on the name and character of Cains wife. So to sa y, awe, they just didnt mention thise people is rediculous. And later in the land of Nod, Cain took a wife and she gave birth to a son who was named Enoch. When Cain went into the land of Nod and took a wife, he married a Gentile, of which there were many in the land outside of Eden. As long as Adam and Eve were alive, does anyone really believe that Cain, Abel and Seth were their only children? Fascinated by idea! He is very angry because God liked Abel better. The Bible said that Cain went to Nod. People make great jumps from assumption to conclusion, perhaps we can start with the grammar in the question. I wont call you names or run down your faith. If your spirit is not ready to receive the message you will not receive. This goes to the heart of some of the misunderstandings about who Adam and his line was. With that being said how do I know what goes on in your household unless you tell me what goes on there? You see we are quite happy to believe that a rib was taken from Adam and made Eve. The lack of respect in evidence-based science in favor of stories passed along generations trying to figure out the origin of all things is incredible. Biblical Archaeology Society []. This has been directly tested for sheep, horses, etc. Cain married of of his elder brothers daughter. Abel became a herder of flocks, and Cain a tiller of the ground. After that [when God put a mark on Cain], Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, to the east of Eden. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. What is the relationship between Cain and Abel? She looked rather nonchalant & answered, obviously Cains wife came from the people God created in His image in Genesis 1. Adam and Eve. DOUBTING IS PERMISSIBLE BUT DENIAL IS FOOLISHNESS. The identity of Cain's wife is one of those persistent questions that . Who did Cain marry? 3:19-20, 12:7). I have only seen one verse which uses even the word by itself in the context of knowledge. Why can we not accept and understand that our Jewish-Hebrew Creation Myths are no less sacred, nor more sacred, no less historical, nor more so, than the Creation Myths of Native American Indians or African Tribes. Man without Christ is not a living soul. If we add some other group of people not descended from Adam and Eve, the entire story of the Tree of Knowledge and Tree of Life and the 7 day creation and Adams longing for a helpmeet which is then made from his side becomes nonsensical. Even so, God has never approved of indiscriminate sexual activity outside of the marriage relationship in any age of human history including incest because it strikes at the soundness of the family. This one is easy, Adam called his wife Eve, as she is the mother of all the living. A different answer emerges when Leith turns from the traditional responses about the wife of Cain and delves into modern scholarship. In the book of Jubilees, chapter4, verse 1 & 9, (it tells us that Cain married his sister, wn bint Adam); verse 1 says And in the third week in the second jubilee [64-70 A.M.] she gave birth to Cain, and in the fourth [71-77 A.M.] she gave birth to Abel, and in the fifth [78-84 A.M.] she gave birth to her daughter wn. Maybe. As in the order of earth being as it is now, and the Sun and Moon. So, yes, Adam and Eve are Biblically linked to the origin of humanity. where and what is Nod. John and Carol then had a daughter, Sidney, in the fall of 1966. The preadamites descend from the terrestrial animals Original near-perfect genetics permitted intermarriage of siblings. We are discussing the phrase, not just a single word. Now I know Adam explained that Eve was bones of my bone and he called name Eve but she was much better looking than all bone. They grew up in Sodom and Gomorrah, cities associated with sexual immorality and unnatural lust, according to Britannica. One can actually answer this question with just a little Bible knowledge. The creation days are long periods of time and we are still in the 7th day (Hebrews 4; John 5:16-17). All four came together in what is now the middle of the Persian Gulf. Then God creates Adam from as totally different raw materiale, from earth (in Hebrew adama) which is the soil of Gan Eden. Thats why its important to read the Bible over and over, as you and your spirit mature, you will understand more. The Babylonian Talmud teaches that Adam was the man of Genesis one the first man. I do not see where it gives a direct teaching on Adam coming out of the dust, but it does say that we will rise from the dust in the resurrection. The pre-flood earth atmosphere shielded better against cosmic radiation permitting less genetic erosion and much longer lives. Look at how long everyone lived. He loves Jehovah and his brother. According to this reasoning, Cain would have married his sisterone of Abels twin sisters no less, according to the Genesis Rabbah. Genesis 5:3 and 5:4 state And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth: And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years; and he begat sons and daughters. Notice that this is AFTER the departure of Cain. My understanding is that, since Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters (Gen.5:3) after their first three sons. Far too many wars have been fought in the name of religious intolerance. @robert The Bible, at Job 26:7, speaks of God as hanging the earth upon nothing. Science says that the earth remains in its orbit in space primarily because of the interaction of gravity and centrifugal force. Him and them are both plural, him is just a formal singular. You said preadamites, are you a gap-theorist? Cain could have physically married another human being that had not received the breath of God. For one reason, the author of the Genesis sought to trace the history of the ancestors of Israel; it is just that the Genesis stories were highlight on the lives of Adam and Eve as to the reference of the order and ancestors of Israel. Looking at recent work done by sociologists and anthropologists, she notes that when forming a group identity, we tend to define ourselves by how we differ from other groups. After the world was formed, God finished His work of creation by raising one man from the dust and one woman from the mans ribs. There could have been several children before or even after Cain and after Able even. She is a polar opposite in personality of her brother. 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