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Re: Introductions, of sorts.
Actually I'm fairly sure that that occurs before. Yes, note Genesis 4:1-3
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD
The quotation you used was solely God's command, and given prior to the Creation of Eve, or even Adam for that matter, but was seemingly directed to the beasts and fowl and fish and whales he had just created.
I suppose he could have told that to Man after Genesis 2 where he was created, but there isn't any mention of it. Mankind I suppose could have been created with that knowledge, but knowledge, being the result of the temptation in Genesis 3, and thus the first man shows evidence of lust, would imply that Genesis 1:27-31 was solely meant for the beasts. Now that the punishment was for eating the forbidden fruit leaves some room for doubt, but as all the resulting mating was only after that point, though based upon God statements in 3:16 still doesn't account for the sudden appearance of Cain's wife.
It's also entirely possible that Daughters are merely not mentioned, as they are not in Genesis 5. But later injunctions such as Leviticus 18:6 would still imply that sex with one's sister is to be avoided. Of course ALL such injunctions against incest appear far later in the Bible, and aren't always iron clad, indeed there ARE situations where it appears not only to be allowed but required.
See, it's the thinking that's the issue. Is there a way that I can avoid this sinful, prideful behavior that was obviously bequeathed to me when Eve first tricked Adam, and has been the downfall of mankind ever since?
Actually I'm fairly sure that that occurs before. Yes, note Genesis 4:1-3
And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.
And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD
The quotation you used was solely God's command, and given prior to the Creation of Eve, or even Adam for that matter, but was seemingly directed to the beasts and fowl and fish and whales he had just created.
I suppose he could have told that to Man after Genesis 2 where he was created, but there isn't any mention of it. Mankind I suppose could have been created with that knowledge, but knowledge, being the result of the temptation in Genesis 3, and thus the first man shows evidence of lust, would imply that Genesis 1:27-31 was solely meant for the beasts. Now that the punishment was for eating the forbidden fruit leaves some room for doubt, but as all the resulting mating was only after that point, though based upon God statements in 3:16 still doesn't account for the sudden appearance of Cain's wife.
It's also entirely possible that Daughters are merely not mentioned, as they are not in Genesis 5. But later injunctions such as Leviticus 18:6 would still imply that sex with one's sister is to be avoided. Of course ALL such injunctions against incest appear far later in the Bible, and aren't always iron clad, indeed there ARE situations where it appears not only to be allowed but required.
See, it's the thinking that's the issue. Is there a way that I can avoid this sinful, prideful behavior that was obviously bequeathed to me when Eve first tricked Adam, and has been the downfall of mankind ever since?
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