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The same terminology is used in the beginning of that chapter with the birth of Cain and Abel. I don't see what the issue is. Eve was his wife and he "had relations" (NIV) with her so she bore children. Why does this automatically bring into question Eve's origin?john313 said:Most are familiar with the creation of Adam and Eve, and then Eve bore Cain and Abel. But it says in Genesis 4:17 that after Cain killed Abel, he "knew" his wife and she bore Enoch. Where did Cain's wife come from?
Cain's wife, not Adam's wifeLinus said:The same terminology is used in the beginning of that chapter with the birth of Cain and Abel. I don't see what the issue is. Eve was his wife and he "had relations" (NIV) with her so she bore children. Why does this automatically bring into question Eve's origin?
I see. My mistake.john313 said:Cain's wife, not Adam's wife
Interesting. When I read this, I also get the idea that there are other people but wondered why only Adam and Eve and their descendants were mentioned. It never occurred to me that it was only because this one lineage was important. It does make sense though.almifkhar said:no the story to me seems to deal with a single family. a family that was chosen by god for what ever reason. think about it, it states that he took a wife in a foreign land. obviously this means that other people were alive and well. besides from adam came the prophets adam was the first one who did a convent with god. and another statement which is always repeated with the decendants of adam is that a great nation of kings will come from the seed.
When did anyone say that Adam was not the first one? Adam was the first one, but he was the first of probably many. Other people were probably created besides Adam and Eve, It's just that Adam and Eve's lineage is thee most important because they were the first. From their line would come the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Does that make sense?Majikthise said:It still doesn't make any sense to me.If genesis is using other people along in history and this Adam wasn't the first one, who was? When did God actually create the first human? If what's stated here is true it still smacks of metaphor and could be construed as an arguement FOR evolutionary theory.:banghead3
almifkhar said:now it seems to me that adam was not the first man on earth. the way i see it, the bible is focusing on one family bloodline. whether or not this family is royal is up for debate. i believe this because if you notice all of the ancient writings, they speek only of the elite not of the simple man and his life..[/QUOTE
He said it.