-=> BOB KLAHN wrote to BOB BREED <=-   
      
    BK>  ...   
      
    LL>> If one were to read the Bible literally, then one would   
    LL>> have to conclude that Cain and Abel had a lover's spat, and   
    LL>> after Abel was gone then Cain had to do it all by himself,   
    LL>> meaning that Cain was a true hermaphrodite.   
      
    BB> Or incest came into play?   
      
    BB> In fact some claim Eve did have other childeren, lots of   
    BB> them in fact, but still you have to consider incest at some   
    BB> point - if not with her, with his sisters.   
      
    BB> Not a big gene pool at the beginning.   
      
    BK>  Exactly. The bible lists Cain and Abel, I don't recall it saying   
    BK>  there were no more.   
      
   Nor does it say there were anymore?     
      
   There are links that try to explain this, but I'm not going to dig them out.   
      
   But even accounting for other children, all spring from Eve and if Cain mated   
   with one of those isn't it still incest?   
      
   Account for Enoch - kind of a fun project.   
      
      
      
       
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