▲ 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
[–] 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