![]() ![]() ![]() So I will postulate they were born within a year of each other and other brothers and sisters too we're born. Since God ordered that they be fruitful and multiply, I believe that they had their children as quickly as possible. How old was Cain when Abel was born, how much time elapsed before Abel was murdered. One must consider the passing of time, number of years, between the birth of the children of Adam and Eve. Why Eve waited that long to honor Abel in that manner, I do not know. Surely in that span of 130 years they had other son's and daughter's since God's instructions were for them to populate the earth. Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old Gen: 5-3. It only says, "Adam lay with his wife again" Gen: 4-25. I do not see, in my Bible, where Seth was the third son. ![]() The Torah only records the names of those who were leaders of note, those who played a role in the biblical narrative, or the men who formed the chain of lineage connecting Adam to Noah (and later Noah to Abraham). Later in Genesis 6 we are told, "And the days of Adam after he fathered Seth were eight hundred years, and he fathered sons and daughters"-though we are not informed of their identities. So why are these daughters not mentioned in the Torah? They are. The third generations of humans had no need for this loophole, because marriage between first cousins is not considered incest according to Torah law. According to one opinion, it was actually a quarrel over who would get to marry the third sister that led to Cain slaying Abel. 4 They each married the sister who was born with them. The Midrash tells us that Cain was born with a twin sister and Abel was born with two sisters. King David writes, 2 "The world was built with kindness." Our sages explain that this verse is referring to G‑d's kindness in allowing Adam and Eve's children to marry their own sisters in order to populate the species. Indeed, Cain and Abel 1 had to marry their sisters, considering that there were no other women around. How did Cain and Abel have children? Did they marry their sisters? ![]()
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