I do not believe Adam and Eve had children in the garden before Cain and Abel. I believe after being kicked out of the garden, and after Cain & Abel were born, they had other children before Cain and Abel had grown up to when Adam was about 130 years old because that was when Seth was born to replace Abel that was murdered. So Adam and Eve had other children besides Cain & Abel for until Abel was murdered by Cain. That was why Cain was afraid for his life that he would be a fugitive and a vagabond because any one that finds him would kill him because they are all family to him as well as to Abel. There was no place on earth he could hide and so God put that mark on Cain to protect him so he could settle down, marry a relative and build a city. And then after Seth, Adam and Eve, did have other children afterwards as well. They were commanded to multiply.
Thanks for sharing, but still, Jews do separate themselves from them. That was why the parable that Jesus told of the Good Samaritan helping that beaten up and robbed Jew was so profound.
GINOLJC, to all,
first thanks for the reply, second, in the name of the Lord Jesus you're welcome. true Adam and Eve did have children before Cain and Able, but it was inside the Garden before the fall into sin. supportive scriptures.
#1. Genesis 3:16 "Unto the woman he said,
I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in
sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.
here the term "conception", is the hebrew word,
H2032 הֵרוֹן herown (hay-rone') n-m.
הֵרָיוֹן herayown (hay-raw-yone')
pregnancy.
[from H2029]
KJV: conception.
Root(s): H2029
which it's ROOT means,
H2029 הָרָה harah (haw-raw') v.
1. to be pregnant, conceive.
2. to become pregnant, conceive.
{literally or figuratively}
[a primitive root]
KJV: been,
be with child, conceive,
progenitor.
Remember, they are still in the garden at this time, and because NOW they have eaten the forbidden fruit, God
will greatly multiply, or
INCREASE her
Sorrow, to bring forth children in pain, for she brought forth children before, with little or no pain. for the word "sorrow" here is the hebrew word,
H6093 עִצָּבוֹן `itstsabown (its-tsaw-ɓone') n-m.
worrisomeness, i.e.
labor or pain.
[from H6087]
KJV: sorrow, toil.
Root(s): H6087
so if God is INCREASING these pains, and pregnancy, one cannot INCREASE something that has not yet happen. example, I cannot increase my speed in a car unless I'm in motion already, (that's a fact). so to INCREASE her labor Pain, iand pregnancy, that means she had to have been pregnant already, or before. so that means she had been giving birth in the Garden before they disobeyed and kicked out of the garden. from this scripture it reveals that Eve, by her husband, Adam was having Children in the Garden, BEFORE they was expel from the Garden and before they had Cain and Able outside the garden.
#2. Genesis 3:20 "
And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living".
HOLD IT, how can one call a "WIFE" a MOTHER unless she already have "Children". the KJV said "WAS" the mother of all living. right there the name Eve tells us that she had children in the Garden. "WAS", which is a past tense desigination, meaning she was, are already was a Mother, before the fall, hence the reason for the NAME "EVE", meaning MOTHER OF ALL LIVING. . and on top of that she's the mother of "ALL LIVING", why? because now dead in sin, all her offspring from now on are "dead", spiritually to God. so before she disobeyed, all her children was "ALIVE" to God spiritually, hence the term "Sons of God". and we who are of the fallen Line from Adam and Eve, that was born outside the garden in sin needs to be BORN AGAIN, (so that we can be "ALIVE" again unto God). hence the reason for the regeneration. because the line from Adam that was produce in sin, is DEAD to GOD spiritually. that's why the Lord Jesus said, we must be "BORN" again or from ABOVE.
Just these two scriptures alone shows us that Adam and Eve had children in the Garden before they had Children outside the Garden. this is why we have the terms "sons of God", those who have the Spirit, or who are Spiritually alive, and was not born in sin who are sons of God in chapter 6, and it reveals who and where Cain got his wife from, and who the other people that Cain was afraid of, (see Genesis 4:13-16). that's why he got the mark. and the term "Daughter of men", are the general term used for those who was Spiritually DEAD in sin to God who needs regeneration. understand, son is not used here in a biologial sense, for a son can be a female in gender. or a daughter of men is the same way. for in the NT this is brought out clearly in Christ.
a good example of, sons of God marrying daughter of men, in today's term is a believer, one Spirit filled, or alive to GOD, marries a unbeliever, Spiritually DEAD to God. same flesh, same bones, and same blood, but the difference, one is Spiritually alive, and the other one Spiritually DEAD to God.
so there was no angels marrying any human women. for angels don't marry, in this world nor in the other, Matthew 22:30 "For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage,
but are as the angels of God in heaven".
Hope this helped.
PICJAG.