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According to ''Genesis'', Adam (Hebrew '''אָדָם''')was the first human being on the planet. The Lord made him out of His own image and loved him even after he disobeyed Him. His wife was named [[Eve]]. | According to ''Genesis'', Adam (Hebrew '''אָדָם''')was the first human being on the planet. The Lord made him out of His own image and loved him even after he disobeyed Him. His wife was named [[Eve]]. | ||
| − | Adam lived for 930 years.<ref> | + | Adam lived for 930 years.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=5|version=NASB</ref> The Bible mentions that Adam and Eve had two children called [[Cain]] and [[Abel]]. According to Jewish tradition they had 56 children. The [[Bible]] does not mention any specific number of children of Adam--only that he "had sons and daughters."<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=4|version=NASB}}</ref> Adam did become the father of another son, named [[Seth]], after he had lived for 130 years.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=3|version =NASB}} |
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| + | Christians consider Adam and Eve to be the father and mother of the human race. As such they must have had daughters for Cain and Seth to marry (Abel died by an act of [[murder]] and is not recorded to have had any issue) so as to ensure that the human race was true to God's command to be fruitful and to muliply throughout the earth.<ref>{{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=28|version=NASB}}</ref> This was not bad or sinful because this was the pre-Flood world. Mutations had not yet begun to degrade the human genetic code from God's perfect Creation.<ref>[http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/tools/cains_wife.asp "Cain's wife—who was she?"], Answers In Genesis</ref> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:50, March 16, 2007
According to Genesis, Adam (Hebrew אָדָם)was the first human being on the planet. The Lord made him out of His own image and loved him even after he disobeyed Him. His wife was named Eve.
Adam lived for 930 years.[1] The Bible mentions that Adam and Eve had two children called Cain and Abel. According to Jewish tradition they had 56 children. The Bible does not mention any specific number of children of Adam--only that he "had sons and daughters."[2] Adam did become the father of another son, named Seth, after he had lived for 130 years.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag This was not bad or sinful because this was the pre-Flood world. Mutations had not yet begun to degrade the human genetic code from God's perfect Creation.[3]
References
- ↑ {{Bible ref|book=Genesis|chap=5|verses=5|version=NASB
- ↑ Genesis 5:4 (NASB)
- ↑ "Cain's wife—who was she?", Answers In Genesis
