▲ 123 ▼ Everyone makes incest jokes about Adam and Eve and their children but they never mention that there was another woman named Lilith (Adam's first wife) who would have added variance to the gene pool. (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by QueenB@lemmy.world to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world 126 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilith
[–] Lojcs@lemm.ee 16 points 2 years ago (4 children) Couldn't God just create more humans after the first three? Is it certain that he creates 3 and then explicitly stops? permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Eve had two sons. Cain found a wife "somewhere". Cain was also marked so no one would kill him, but the three other people known to exist were his parents and dead brother. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cain found a wife in the Land of Nod. It's never explained where those people came from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genesis 5:4. Eve had three named sons (Cain, Abel and Seth), but also other sons and daughters. That would be where Cain found his wife. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago But he was cursed and went East, presumably to another tribe? Need to read Genisis again. LOL, the two creation myths confused me as well. That's another interesting tale to take apart. permalink fedilink source parent [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago He apparently did. Cain was sent east of Eden to the Land of Nod where he found a wife. permalink fedilink source parent [–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago So, what a lot of people don't realize is a large percentage of the Bible is just lineages. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago how many ribs do you think adam has? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 16 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Eve had two sons. Cain found a wife "somewhere". Cain was also marked so no one would kill him, but the three other people known to exist were his parents and dead brother. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cain found a wife in the Land of Nod. It's never explained where those people came from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genesis 5:4. Eve had three named sons (Cain, Abel and Seth), but also other sons and daughters. That would be where Cain found his wife. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago But he was cursed and went East, presumably to another tribe? Need to read Genisis again. LOL, the two creation myths confused me as well. That's another interesting tale to take apart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 child) Cain found a wife in the Land of Nod. It's never explained where those people came from. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genesis 5:4. Eve had three named sons (Cain, Abel and Seth), but also other sons and daughters. That would be where Cain found his wife. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago But he was cursed and went East, presumably to another tribe? Need to read Genisis again. LOL, the two creation myths confused me as well. That's another interesting tale to take apart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Genesis 5:4. Eve had three named sons (Cain, Abel and Seth), but also other sons and daughters. That would be where Cain found his wife. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago But he was cursed and went East, presumably to another tribe? Need to read Genisis again. LOL, the two creation myths confused me as well. That's another interesting tale to take apart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago But he was cursed and went East, presumably to another tribe? Need to read Genisis again. LOL, the two creation myths confused me as well. That's another interesting tale to take apart. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago He apparently did. Cain was sent east of Eden to the Land of Nod where he found a wife. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] roofuskit@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago So, what a lot of people don't realize is a large percentage of the Bible is just lineages. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mojofrododojo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago how many ribs do you think adam has? permalink fedilink source parent