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I also personally believe that Eve had a daughter or perhaps many daughters before Cain and Abel based on Gen. 4:1 "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the Lord." I do believe that this verse may indicate that daughters were perhaps born before this; hence, special emphasis upon getting a man child at this time.
Also, in 4:3 it is quite clear that a process of time had taken place thus giving Adam and Eve many years to have daughters, and if you add possible daughters from before Cain, then we would have many women for Cain(100 yrs. old) to take one as a wife, by the time we get to v16.
Very good, Paul. It had to be his sister. There's no other explanation, imo.
1. Likely the first children would be such that inter-family marriage would not be a genetic problem.
2. In scripture only the males are generally recorded.
[This message has been edited by buzsaw, 06-14-2003]