If Adam and Eve had only two kids, Cain and Abel, who were both male, then how are we here?
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Name : Tyler S., Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Asian, Religion : Methodist, Age : 15, City : St. Charles, State : IL Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : Less than High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, In fact if God decreed 'be fruitful and multiply...' I on't think they would have stopped at two. In fact Genesis mentions Seth, who was younger than both Caine and Able. I'm sure there were many sons and daughters. In fact when Caine killed Able God marked him so people won't kill him 'less they suffer a punishment 7 times greater.' Also the passage in Genesis in which it refers to the Nephilim, or when angels would lie with 'daughters of men' and begetting children (nephilim).
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Name : Bill, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 29, City : Fort Mill, State : SC Country : United States, Occupation : graphic arts, Education level : 2 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I'm neither christian nor any other religion, but I believe that in the parable of the graden of Eden, that Adam and Eve had many children, and that Kane and Able were just the first.
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Name : Ben, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 25, City : Morgantown, State : WV Country : United States, Occupation : salesperson, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Lower middle class, The bible is a history of the Jewish people written quite a few thousand years ago. People were very uneducated then and needed to find ways to explain the things going on around them. They were also very tribal. I suspect that Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel are explainations for the beginings of one particular tribe that grew to be the Jewish people. Most bible stories are parables to teach people how to get along within their tribe and build tribal solidarity. The same us against them mentality that has the world in such turmoil today.
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Name : Deb25772, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Lesbian, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 48, City : Chicago, State : IL Country : United States, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, One of the sons killed the other over a dispute to see whom was going to have sex with their mom. Adam at this point has had enough with all of them and searched for a better life. I don't truly believe this can be answered since none of us created the bible stories. So improvise!
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Name : Ricky29975, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 26, City : Jacksonville, State : IL Country : United States, Occupation : press operator, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Lower middle class, Simple, the biblical version of creation that you are citing is incorrect. There are many theories of creation around, but eliminating the obviously wrong ones helps start narrowing down the feild, and this one is wrong.
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Name : Bert, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Atheist, Age : 31, City : London, State : NA Country : United Kingdom, The bible was only concerned with the two male children of Adam and Eve, and how the story of Cain's rebellion was relevent to the bible, but the bible doesn't say that they only had two children in fact it says that they had many children.
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Name : Sherman, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Christian, Age : 34, City : Richmond, State : CA Country : United States, Occupation : Contractor, Education level : Technical School, Social class : Middle class, Adam and Eve had more than two childrem.They had another son, Seth, who 'replaced' Abel (Genesis 4:25). He also had other sons and daughters (Genesis 5:4). Hope this helps! David
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Name : David Thompson, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Christian, Age : 37, City : Klamath Falls, State : OR Country : United States, Occupation : Computer programmer, Education level : High School Diploma, IM not exactly the Religion guru but according to the King James Version of the Christian Bible, Adam and Eve had more than two boys. Cain and Able were just the first two. Again I am not not the one to educate you on the exacts but i do know that if you read the bible (King James or an New International Version), then you will have your answer. It is found in Genesis chapter 4 and the entire lineage continues through to the end of chapter 5. Genesis is found in the begining of the Bible, hense the name.
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Name : Erin, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : Black/African American, Religion : Baptist, Age : 20, City : Fort Lauderdale, State : FL Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Middle class, Well, first of all, the bible also mentions Seth as a chilld of Adam and Eve, so there are actually three sons that we know of. Your question is usually answered in one, or both, of these ways: 1) God created other people apart from Adam and Eve. 2) Adam and Eve had more children, and they are simply not mentioned. Neither of these ideas is contradicted in the bible, to the best of my knowledge; there is much information and many details that we are simply not privy to.
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Name : Santiparam, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Gay, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Methodist, Age : 23, City : Southington, State : CT Country : United States, Occupation : Musician, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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The Bible tells us the after murdering his brother, Cain is cursed by God to be a wanderer. Then, he wanders into the land of Nod and takes a wife from among those folks (Gen 4:16). His sons go on to marry local gals who are named in the following verses. So, Adam and Eve were created, dwelt in the Garden, were throw out into an already populated world, indicating that there were others before them or that there was another parallel creation going on that we are not told about. The Gnostics beleive that Jehovah, who made the garden, was not the Ultimate God, but rather a lesser being who sought to imprisson the pure spirit of Man in the impure physical world. To these folks, the serpent is not the devil at all, but the spirit of Christ showing humans how to escape lying control-freak, Jehovah. A modern Midrash (the retelling of a Biblical story to address concerns of teller and his/her situation)of the story holds that this is a story about the monotheists being created to serve a jealous god and their subsequent failure and contact with pagans, who's gods were much less pushy.
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Name : T, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Age : 30, City : Morgantown, State : WV Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, I agree with you. Okay, going by the story:one kid killed the other, so now there's only 3 people. Where did the rest of the human race come from? Interbreeding? Where did the other races come from? I've been told that there was a group of people on the other side of the hill, and the son of Eve and Adam married one of them. HUH? Isn't that convenient? I thought Eve and Adam were the only people. That still doesn't explain the other races. Then further down the line everyone in the world was killed except Noah, Mrs. Noah, their 2 kids and their wives. Again with the interbreeding and the question of the races. These are holes the size of the Grand Canyon. I'm supposed to believe this?
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Name : Sue, Gender : F, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Pagan, Age : 48, City : Ft .Worth, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : burned-out nurse, According to Jewish sources, Adam and Eve had many children, not just Cain and Abel. And to answer the obvious next question, the sons married the daughters. Not that Judaism approves of that, but the Biblical creation story raises a number of riddles for which the general answer is, 'The rules were different then.'
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Name : JerryS, Gender : M, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jewish, Age : 52, City : New Britain, State : CT Country : United States, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Upper middle class, in islam ,this is what we belive ,it's very close to the jews ,eve had twins each time she gave birth a boy and a girl,so each girl had to marry aboy that was her brother but not her twin and same for boys,get it ?(and of course that's not allowed now and like he said those were different rules) that was only for that generation ,after that it was relatives marriages and so on
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Name : noha, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Religion : Muslim, Age : 16, City : cairo, State : NA Country : Egypt, Occupation : student, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Middle class, Genesis 5:4 reads: 'And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.' So over a period of 800 years, Adam and Eve produced many children. Genesis 4:17 mentioned Cain taking a wife, so obviously there were females to choose from. This did not necessarily have to have been a sibling sister, as over the many years Adam and Eve were producing offspring, their children in turn produced offspring, etc., so Cain's wife could well have been one of his brother's or sister's children and not necessarily a daughter of Eve, and thus not his sibling sister. While closer to perfection, genetically transmitted physical defects were not an issue, but as the generations grew further away from perfection through inherited sin, the problems of inbreeding increased. Therefore, when God gave the Israelites the Law, rules on marrying relatives was instituted (Leviticus 18:6-17) in order to keep his chosen people (of that time) holy and clean, free of defects.
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Name : Sharon, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Straight, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Jehovahs Witness, Age : 38, City : Ligonier, State : PA Country : United States, Occupation : Self employed, Education level : High School Diploma, Social class : Lower middle class, 
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