“God had populated the earth such that Adam & Eve found themselves surrounded by a diverse populace fully their mental and physical equals.”
God created a man, then a woman then a diverse populace for them to interact with?
A little out of skew. The population was already here. That is what Cain was worried about.
No. He first developed (formed) the population. They were long-established before A&E found themselves among them when they were “booted”...