Where Did Cain Get His Wife
Question:
"Where did Cain get his wife?"
Answer:
Many ask this question thinking they’ve
found a "mistake" in the Bible—that there must have been other
people besides Adam and Eve. Scripture tells us that Adam is "the first
man" (1
Corinthians 15:45); that there were no other humans when he was created,
because God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone" (Genesis
2:18); and that Eve is "the mother of all living" (Genesis
3:20). Cain and Abel, then, must have married distant sisters. All of the
first-generation siblings married each other in order to populate the earth. At
that time there was no law against incest. But as the population grew large
enough, and as the risk of genetic problems increased because of sin’s curse,
God outlawed marriage between siblings.
External Links
- Links to other sites that address the same issue go here. Make sure you
check www.carm.org and www.equip.org.
Also feel free to do a google search. If you don't know of any external
links remove this sentence and add the words "none yet" with a
bullet. Someone may come in later and add links.
- Matthew J. Slick. "Where Did Cain get his Wife?" CARM,
1996-2006.
http://www.carm.org/questions/cainwife.htm
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honest seekers of truth. We provide
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addressed in the Bible, are answered according to the principles in the Word
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