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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written [in Scripture], "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL (an individual);" the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen 2:7] |
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Bible Note: CDBJ Actually it has been mathed out. Taking a very conservative number for the number of children in each family and a rather old age of marriage the numbers come out round 500 thousand people that could have been living when Cain took a wife. Taking a more realistic approach the numbers come out to be around 1.5 million or 750 thousand women from which Cain could choose a wife. Taking a liberal approach the numbers could be as high a couple of million living by the time Cain took a wife. I looked for my original material and I can’t lay hold of it but I copied this from Answers To Tough Questions Genesis 5:4 tells us that Adam had sons and daughters. At first, sons and daughters of Adam and Eve had to marry each other to populate the earth. Cain probably married a sister or niece or grand niece. Assuming the accuracy of the Genesis account, and considering the length of lives recorded (around 900 years, on the average), a very sizeable population could have developed very rapidly. Using conservative guesses as to the size of families and average age, there easily could have been several million people living at the time of the death of Cain. Moreover, the Scriptures nowhere indicate at what points in the life of Cain he murdered his brother, married his wife, or built his city. Even a few hundred years might have passed before all of the events took place, allowing for a sizable population with which to build a city. McDowell, J. (1993). Answers to tough questions. Originally published: San Bernardino, Calif. : Here's Life Publishers, c1980. Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers. EdB |