[normy]

How did they fornicate? they are getting married. there is no evidence that they slept around outside of their specific relationship and yeah I am saying there is no need for marriage under the law of the land.

Your answer is wrong. They have not committed fornication and by the way, who did marry Adam and Eve or any other Biblical figure like Abraham and Sarah? As far as I can tell the man took the woman into the tent, they consummated the marriage and they were married, in the eyes of God that is.

[Texan]

You obviously don't know the definition of "fornication". It has nothing to do with their "plans" to get married. And nobody is saying they "slept around". (That's ink in the water by the way and a very poor argument in a discussion).

Sorry you don't believe in marriage. Unfortunately there's more and more people like you, to the determent of society in my opinion.

As for your Biblical questions....I've taught weekly in depth Bible classes for more then 20 years and readily admit that I've only scratched the surface of what the Bible has to teach mankind. I don't claim to be any kind of Biblical expert.

Since the Biblical account says God "gave" Eve to Adam I guess you can say that He "married" them with His command to "be fruitful and multiply". As for the Patriarchs, yes, most had plural marriages in accordance with their laws and customs of the time and God blessed those unions. Was there a marriage "ceremony". Don't know but I expect it was formalized in some way.

That said... nowhere in the Bible is fornication identified as anything other than sin.

This is why I rarely post. Very tiresome unless you automatically agree with "the crowd". That's my last post on the subject so don't expect any further reply.