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The First Woman
This article was posted on Monday, October 20, 2008
THE FIRST WOMAN
In Genesis 3:20 we read, “And Adam called his wife’s Eve; because she was the mother of the living.” In other words, all people are descendants of Adam and Eve- —- she was the first woman. Eve was made from Adam’s rib (Or side-Genesis 2:21-24_. Jesus (Matt.19:4-6) and Paul (Eph. 5:31) use this historical and one- time event at the doctrinal foundation for the marriage of one man to one woman. Also in Genesis 2:20, we are told that when Adam looked at the animals, he could not find a mate— there was no one of his kind. All this makes it obvious that there was only one woman, Adam’s wife, at the beginning. There were never any other woman around who were not Eve’s descendants If Christians cannot defend that all humans (including Cain’s wife) can trace their ultimately to Adam and Eve, then how can they understand and explain the gospel? How can they justify sending missionaries to every tribe and nations? Therefore, one needs to be able to answer the question about Cain’s wife to illustrate that christian can defend the gospel and all that it teaches. Cain’s brothers and sisters——— Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Gen. 4:1). He and his brothers, Abel (Gen. 4:2) and Seth (Gen. 4:25) were part of the first generation of children ever born on this earth. Even though only of these three males are mentioned by name, Adam and Eve had other children. In Genesis 5:4 a statement sums up 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, was thirty- three sons and twenty- three daughters.” 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— Gen 5:5), it would seem reasonable to suggest there were many! Remember, they were commanded to “Be fruitful, and multiply” (Genesis 1:28). THE WIFE If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had married sisters or there would have been no more generations! We are told when Cain married or any 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. (Answers In Genesis)Next posting: BIOLOGICAL DEFORMITIES
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