From: "Jack Heckathorne" <jack@gjcn.org>
Subject: commentary question

Yes I believe that Adam and Eve were the first people and that they were created in the six literal days of creation.

Gen. 2:18 says that “It is not good that THE MAN should be ALONE.” …but for Adam there was not found a help mate (a woman) for him” Gen. 2:20.

This indicates that Adam was the only human alive at the time. Then God created the woman (which means from man) and in Genesis 3:20 Eve is called the mother “OF ALL LIVING”. Since the woman was created after the man and she was the mother of all living people (eventually) we can conclude that Adam and Eve were the original people.

Today there are approximately an equal number of males and females born in each country. No one seems to know why but it’s true. In Adams day we can assume the same was true.

Cain was the first born and many years passed. When Cain went to the land of Nod (Gen 8;17) He “knew” his wife. The word knew is a polite way of saying he had sex with her indicating he was already married to her. He didn’t meet her in Nod as some think. Gen 4:1 clarifies the meaning of the word knew. “Adam knew his wife and she conceived”… Cain was married before he went to Nod.

You have to remember that Adam had sons and daughters at least 130 years till Seth was born. In 130 years they could have had many children possibility 60 or 70. The sons and daughters married each other had children and eventually moved to other places and made cities. Evidently when Cain went to Nod a number of generations had past. With long life spans the earth would have populated rather quickly.

Being very conservative lets suppose that Adam had 50 sons and daughters (25 couples) and they only had 10 children per couple per generation of 20 years for 130 years or 6 generations.

25 x 10 = 250, 125 x 10= 1,250, 625 x 10 = 6,250, 3125 x 10 = 32,125, 17,640 x 10 = 176,400, 88,200 x 10 = 882,000.

882,000 people in six generations! In fact, Gen 5:4 says that Adam had sons and daughters for 800 years after Seth. He lived 930 years having children.

Of course they could have averaged many more children per generation but this shows that neither Cain nor any of the children of Adam would have had any trouble finding a wife. Once the earth was populated God stopped the long ages of man so as to not over populate the earth. Genesis 6:6 limits the age of man to 120 years. There is no reason to believe that Gods creation married some imaginary evolved creature.

The big question should be where did the cave girl come from and how did she just happen to match Gods creation of man to the point she could reproduce with him? Hope this helps. Write anytime.

Jack Heckathorne GJCN