Bible Discussion Thread

If Adam and eve were the only people on earth and they had son s where did the wife come from that Cain married. im confused

Adam & Eve lived to a ripe old age. It's not illegal for first cousins to wed 3rd cousins. It's just an observation, but the gene pool back in those times was much stronger.

You can see that by the Book of Leviticus 18 or in Deuteronomy; God set limitations on what others consider to be incest; intermarrying.

These laws were introduced not until Leviticus.

I think the books of the Laws are really interesting. Many food laws were for protection against death from pathogens from unrefrigerated foods, like pork. Eggs should be cooked and stored without refrig. because of salmonella, etc.

Hello, Myra this is a common question.

First, the Bible isn't big enough to capture every detail of history of the world, so some things have to be left out. For example, if doesn't discuss each person necessarily eating, drinking water, using a restroom, or bathing, but we can safely assume these things happened. But it shares the most important things.

So, the omission of Cain's wife is one of those things. Here are 2 theories commonly stated for where Cain found a wife:

1. Land of Nod Genesis 4:16-17

2. Eve had daughters and one became his wife

It was God's plan that everyone is related so incest wasn't a sin early on, but was how God wanted to populate the Earth.

Land of Nod idea means that God created more people but it wasn't disclosed in the Bible. If this is true, I don't believe it occurred until after they were banished from the garden. It says Adam and Eve were the first and also that all generations go back to Adam. This is just my current opinion. God bless.

6th day creation,.. God made all the flesh races on the 6th day ,.. hunters , fishermen,.. etc,.. an he looked , an it was good, ( genius chapter 1 , last 4-5 paragraphs) he rested on the 7th day ,.. an then on the 8th day , he needed a farmer , one to till the land , of a blood line for Jesus to come threw ,.. an of course, satin has always tried to screw up Gods plan of salvation,.. failing of course in all ways ,.. nothing happens without our Fathers knowledge and control,..

peace