Cain's wife and ofther humans

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@Bill_II

It’s called the One Seed theory. Basically the belief was men “planted” a seed that grown into a human. So all that really mattered were the men. Women were just fertile fields.

I am familiar with this.

@Bill_II

Sure there is a genealogy in Genesis, but this is Genesis 4:1-4 which is supposed to be literal history. Which said literal history does mention women just not in the genealogies.

Yes, like it mentions cains wife in history, but not genealogy.

@Bill_II

So if you are taking Genesis as literal history that Cain and Able were the first two children born.

No, literal first born son, it doesn’t mention daughters. That doesn’t mean they didn’t have any.

@Bill_II

If you want to start adding history to the text where do you come up with that history?

I wasn’t saying for sure this is what happened and adding history. I am saying a plausible explanation for the unknown or unwritten text could be that his wife came from his parents offspring who had offspring.

@Bill_II

As Jon pointed out there is plenty of evidence to suggest that there were other people, not related to A&E, around which resolves a lot of the problems with the story.

These “evidences” would resolve a lot of those problems, I agree. But I think they would raise problems of their own.

One being that eve meant mother of all life. why would it say that.

Or the fact that Adam could’t find a mate. Why not if there were others.

Or the original sin from man, and the second Adam/Jesus that atones us from this sin.

His theory 3 I think it was was that Adam was a sin representative? And all man received sin from his mistake? But all do not receive righteousness from Jesus. All receive the ability to ask for forgiveness and attain righteousness throu Jesus, but it isn’t automatic, like Adam, the sin representative.

theory 4 is the one I would find the least issues with. But that one doesn’t even have Adam representing all sin, yet the Bible clearly speaks of sin through Adam, and redemption second Adam.

1 and 2, I have the least issues with, but the flood complicates all of that as we have to start over with a few people and incest occurs again.

@Bill_II

And if it came from God why was it withheld from the first x generations of Adam’s kids?

Why did Adam and first generations live 900 years?

I don’t know all the answers, but things were obviously different then.

@gbrooks9

You walk like a YEC, you talk like a YEC, you think like a YEC

Well yea, I have said I believe in yes. But I also believe in the Big Bang etc. I am not convinced either way with evolution yet, but I need to learn more about what it is or means.