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I have wondered about this fo a while now. The bible tells of Cain and Able having sisters. But if Adam and Eve were the first. Did Cain and Able commit insest?
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in·cest Pronunciation Key
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![]() Ah, I see what was meant. If they married their sisters in order to produce offspring, then yes, that is incest. But I think the Bible also mentions wives and people in far-off lands. Adam and Eve were just the first of the line of ancestors of the Hebrew, and eventually the Jews, God's Chosen People.
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Also, would you please offer some refferences for what you have claimed the Bible mentions?
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It is there I read it the other day. I'll do a search for it in Genisis.
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Genesis 4:13-15 - Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. (Implying, of course, that there are people out there whom he might find in his wanderings.)
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That verse only implys that there were other people around if you want it to. Where are we told that Cain and Abel were Adam and Eve's first children? It is possible that they had many children, and grandchildren, and even great grand children before Cain and Abel were born. I mean, cummon, Adam was 130 years old when Seth (the next child that we know the name of) was born. In 130 years a man and woman with nothing else to do can have a lot of kids. There could have been a fairly sizable population of Adam and Eve's descendants at the time, and they might not have all known one another all that well. Notice I have said might alot. I'm just pointing out other possibilities.
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Webster Illustrated Contemporary Dictionary, Encyclopedic Edition:
Incest - Sexual intercours between persons too closely related for legal marriage That's 2 reputable dictionaries on my side. Let's see what you've got.
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