Why didn't Adam have more than one wife?

[_MMAFighter7]

Adam did have more than one wife. His first wife was named Lilith.

Oh man I forgot all about this story. Where does it come from again?

[_moksha]

How do you know that Adam didn't have more than one wife? There could've been others not mentioned. Also, while it's repugnant to our modern sensibilities, he likely had many daughters. If you posit only one original couple, then incest figures prominently. It's just a fact of life in this case.

Besides, who knows how many ribs Adam originally had.

It's also true that those who posit a creation involving evolution have possibilities to choose from that don't involve incest.

Whenever the Elders get overly passionate on pastism, we will have to remember this smile. Evolution can save their souls.

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[_The Nehor]

Adam did have more than one wife. His first wife was named Lilith.

Oh man I forgot all about this story. Where does it come from again?

Sumerian lore created the kind of demon, later worked into Jewish folklore, the Talmud, and finally codified in Jewish mystical tradition (the Kabbalah).

[_twinkie]

How do you know that Adam didn't have more than one wife?

Aaargh! You're right. I don't know that. Just because it's not mentioned in the Bible, doesn't mean it didn't happen!

[_Jason Bourne]

How do you know that Adam didn't have more than one wife? There could've been others not mentioned. Also, while it's repugnant to our modern sensibilities, he likely had many daughters. If you posit only one original couple, then incest figures prominently. It's just a fact of life in this case.

It's also true that those who posit a creation involving evolution have possibilities to choose from that don't involve incest.

Or maybe Adam's daughters bred with those pre spirit children humans that you believe existed. I mean hey, just cause its not mentioned does not mean it did not happen.

[_truth dancer]

If God had given Adam more than one wife, wouldn't that have populated the earth much faster?

If God wanted to populate the earth much faster God would have placed many more men on the earth along with a single wife each.

The population actually grows faster with monogamy than it does polygamy. Seems males "catch" women during ovulation more easily when they have a single mate. :-O

Now if god wanted a specific sperm, (from Adam/Michael) to populate his worlds, he could have just replicated this sperm in other males... if prokaryotes figured out binary fission, I'm thinking God could certainly do it!

~td~

[_CaliforniaKid]

Or maybe Adam's daughters bred with those pre spirit children humans that you believe existed. I mean hey, just cause its not mentioned does not mean it did not happen.

When Cain was excommunicated from the family, he went and founded a city. Who do you think populated his city? With whom do you think he married and had babies? Fellow yetis? Neanderthals? (Hey, that's actually not a bad idea...)

[_DarkHelmet]

When Cain was excommunicated from the family, he went and founded a city.

This would be the first inner city.

Who do you think populated his city?

Other "negroes."

[_Sethbag]

A better question would be -- why was the Patriarch Noah a monogamist?

UD

I guess that question hinges on whether you believe whoever it was (BY?) who taught that Noah was actually sealed to his own two daughters...

[_Some Schmo]

How do you know that Adam didn't have more than one wife?

That's right. Anything's possible in fiction.