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Moreover, the genealogy in Genesis 5 records that every descendant of Adam down to Lamech had other sons and daughters. If we assume the couples gave birth to children for only half of their life span, then the population by the time of Adam's death could have been very large. It has been conservatively estimated that 32,000 people could have been alive at that time this event occurred.įurthermore, Genesis 5 records long life spans of the descendants of Adam. In fact Jewish tradition states that Adam had 33 sons and 23 daughters! Therefore many people could have existed at the time when Cain killed Abel. God had promised Eve that he would greatly multiply her conception ( Genesis 3:16). He then lived another eight hundred years.
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The Bible says Adam was one hundred and thirty years old when Seth was born. So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years and he died ( Genesis 5:3, 4).
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We know this because the Scripture does state that Adam and Eve had many more sons and daughters than Cain and Abel.Īnd he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years and he begot sons and daughters. If each of them were over fifty years of age, then there could have been a considerable number of people living at the time. It is not necessary to assume that they were mere teenagers or young men. It merely says it occurred at the end of days. The Bible does not tell us how old Cain and Abel were when this murder took place. If all of humanity did descend from Adam and Eve and their first two sons were Cain and Abel then how do we explain the existence of Cain's wife?įirst, we must understand that no information is given as to when Cain killed Abel. Attempting to say that other children existed before Cain and Abel has no support in Scripture but it cannot be totally ruled out. The Bible, however, knows nothing of any other children of Adam and Eve before Cain and Abel. They contend that other sons and daughters could have been born before Cain and Abel and that the Bible is merely singling out these two for emphasis. Other Bible students have attempted to explain the existence of other humans apart from Cain and Abel by saying they were not necessarily the first two sons of Adam and Eve. These two facts rule out the idea of some Pre-Adamic race from which Cain chose a wife. Furthermore, his wife Eve was given her name because she was the mother of all living ( Genesis 3:20). The Scriptures are clear that Adam was the first man created ( Genesis 2:7, 18-19 1 Corinthians 15:45). The idea of Cain marrying someone from this race creates more problems than it solves. Some have attempted to say that Cain's wife came from a race of Pre-Adamic humans who were around before Adam and Eve. The issues to be considered are these:ġ)If all humanity descended from Adam and Eve, then where did his wife come from?Ģ)In addition, where did all the people come from that are mentioned in the account?ģ)If Cain married a relative, then doesn't this indicate incest?Ĥ)If Cain married his sister, then wouldn't we expect any offspring to suffer degenerative effects? There are many difficulties that arise with this statement since Genesis only records two children of Adam and Eve to this point-Cain and Abel. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son - Enoch ( Genesis 4:17). The Bible says that after he killed his brother Abel, Cain married a wife.Īnd Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and born Enoch. One of the most often-asked questions about the Bible is that of Cain's wife.