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NASB | Genesis 5:4 Then the days of Adam after he became the father of Seth were eight hundred years, and he had other sons and daughters. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 5:4 After he became the father of Seth, Adam lived eight hundred years and had other sons and daughters. |
Bible Question:
If Adam and Eve were the only people on earth and they had 2 children, how did we end up with so many people in this world?? |
Bible Answer: BJKB: These tetra-initial screen names are getting hard to keep track of! Perhaps you'll meet your "cousin" CDBJ, a fine, upstanding fellow with a keen sense of humor who is a valued, long-time contributor to this Forum. And to this Forum I extend you a warm welcome. Had Adam and Eve had no progency but the two boys, Cain and Abel, we wouldn't be around to worry about about how the world ended up with a few billion people. Adam and Eve eventually kicked the bucket, Cain did Abel in, leaving only Cain who died sooner or later, and then all that would be left would be the title for an Agatha Christie mystery, "And Then There Were None." But as Emmaus points out, such was not the case, for the Bible says that Adam had other sons and daughters who got things going, including providing through Adam and Eve's offspring somewhere down the line a wife for Cain. I just thought it time to mention Cain's wife, since the question of who she was has not been asked on the Forum in over a week :-) --Hank |