[net.misc] Adam's off-spring

kik (10/07/82)

 
re: Larry Marek's article
 
Adam and Eve had more than two sons.  Although the Bible does not give an
exact time table for the birth of their off-springs, Gen. 5:4,5 says
 
"And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred
years.  Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.  So all the
days of Adam that he lived amounted to nine hundred and thirty years
and he died." (New World Translation)
 
We do not know how old Cain and Abel were when the first murder took place,
so it is quite possible that Adam and Eve had other grown children, including
daughters, when Cain was forced to flee.  Obviously, if one believes the
Bible, he would have had to marry one of his sisters.
 
Kit Kimes
Western Electric Co.
Montgomery Works
Aurora, Ill.
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