Where did Cain's wife come from?

Wouldn't she most likely be either a sister or a niece?

 

Genesis 3:20 - "And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living."

Cain's wife was a daughter of Eve, and by necessity, Adam.

 

There is no time given. It could have been a sister or a niece.

 

I guess I should have said a descendant.

 

Yes, Adam and Eve may have had dozens or even hundreds of children. I mean, think about it, Adam lived 930 years. When Seth was born he was 130. That sounds very old, but only about 1/7th of how long he lived. Men today live 70-80 years, 1/7th of that would be 10-11 years old.

I don't know for certain, but when Adam was 500 years old he was in the prime of life, like a 30 year old man today.

So, just because scripture doesn't mention it, it would be difficult to believe that Adam and Eve did not have many children, and they in turn had many children as all men lived very long ages at that time. So, they quickly populated the earth.

 

What's the old joke in answer to this question, "You won't be the first person who went to ____ worrying about another man's wife" :laugh:

 

Eve

Adam & Eve = Duggars...probably explains it best

 

if it were his niece, where did she come from, who were her parents? would they have had to have both been children of adam and eve also?

 

You know I've never really bought the claim that humanity would never have been able to begin and sustain a race through just two parents like Adam and Eve. Some cosmological evolutionists I know try to say there is too much genetic differentiation to have one couple as genetic progenitors of the whole human race.

My thought is, if God had His hand in creation (at whatever level you believe) isn't it sensible that He would have been able to impart genetic variety in the first generations of humanity. To suggest God did all of this (please pause and look around) why would He stop in seeing the whole process through?

 

Do the math..
Adam and Eve.. a kid every 9 months or so.. (Primitive Duggars... LOL... Thanks Preachinjesus)
Adam lived 930 yrs... ..
That's at least 800 kids possible...
Say 400 boys, 400 girls
And each couple has another 800 boys and girls... That would be... 320,000 humans

NOW... those kids have kids, and so on.. .
Cain may have married a neice, great neice, great great neice he may have never met until he moved to that city.

 

if you come right down to it, many of these children and great great great grandchildren were most likely alive during the great flood.

 

Adam and Eve obviously had many children. Two of them have a daughter, she grows up meets Cain and it is love at first sight. :laugh:


Seriously, sister or niece is the most likely answer. They lived a long time and there is no time period given to when Cain got married. Obviously it was a relative, how close of one we just don't know.

 

I agree, she was a relative. But most people get hung on them being relatives, like siblings and beleive there were other none related people in the garden, completely not biblical.

 

Right. Adam had only been dead 126 years when Noah was born. Lamech, Noah's father, missed the flood by two years. Methusaleh, Noah's grandfather, died the same year as the flood.

 

Unfortunately it does not and neither does the book of Jasher or the assumption of moses however I did find this in the book of Jubilees chapter 4

 

You have an excellent point because when the bible lists the sons of a particular person it is not necessarily listed in order of birth, but rather sometimes in order of who we are going to be following. For instance, Abram is listed first among the sons of Terah, but wasn't the firstborn. He wasn't born until Terah was 130 years old, but the text says Terah's firstborn was born when he was 70 years old.

You are correct to say things aren't always listed in strict chronological order, but rather sometimes the author makes sort of an aside to tell you of one particular thing or line before resuming the narrative.