Adam and Eve

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Did Adam and Eve exist?

Adam and Eve had many children, including of course Cain and Abel. Whom did these children marry?

Christianity views - Fundamentalism

Evangelism for the new millennium - Ken Ham, Answers in Genesis

"Notice that in explaining why Jesus died, Paul goes to the book of Genesis, to the account of Adam and the Fall. In other words, one cannot really understand the good news in the New Testament—Jesus’ death and resurrection and thus payment for sin—until one understands the bad news in Genesis of the Fall of man, and thus the origin of sin and its penalty of death.

The only way we can define sin as rebellion is if there was a literal rebellion. The reason we are all sinners is because, as Paul clearly states, we are all descendants of the first man Adam. Because there was a literal first Adam, who was in a literal garden, with a literal tree, and took a literal fruit when tempted by a literal serpent—thus there was a literal Fall, which was a literal rebellion."

Cain's wife - who was she? - Ken Ham, et al, Answers in Genesis

"Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). His brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this Earth.

Even though only these three males are mentioned by name, Adam and Eve had other children. In Genesis 5:4 a statement sums up the life of Adam and Eve—‘And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.’ This does not say when they were born. Many could have been born in the 130 years (Genesis 5:3) before Seth was born.

During their lives, Adam and Eve had a number of male and female children. The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that, ‘The number of Adam’s children, as says the old tradition, was thirty-three sons and twenty-three daughters.’11

The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve. However, considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem reasonable to suggest there were many! Remember, they were commanded to ‘Be fruitful, and multiply’ (Genesis 1:28)...

We are not told when Cain married or any of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that some brothers had to marry their sisters at the beginning of human history."

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