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To: frnewsjunkie
”I have heard there was a “world” before Adam. Where did Adam’s sons get their wives.”

That is called the Gap theory, and it suggested that the earth existed before then and was destroyed for some reason, so thus the darkness over the void face of the deep in Genesis 1, sort of a gap between that and the creation described in Genesis 1, but it has been totally debunked.

As for Adam’s son’s wives, they married their sisters. Since DNA had not had time to build up genetic impurities yet, there was no danger at that time of children with siblings or close cousins resulting in problems.

8 posted on 08/20/2023 2:36:00 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy; frnewsjunkie
As for Adam’s son’s wives, they married their sisters. Since DNA had not had time to build up genetic impurities yet, there was no danger at that time of children with siblings or close cousins resulting in problems.

Plus, a sister could be decades or more younger, marrying a akin to a 50 year-old marrying a 30 year-old today, which would be a not very "near" kin.

32 posted on 08/20/2023 7:01:29 AM PDT by daniel1212 (As a damned+destitute sinner turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves souls on His acct + b baptized 2 obey)
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To: Apple Pan Dowdy
Since DNA had not had time to build up genetic impurities yet,

We know this how?

47 posted on 08/20/2023 10:59:53 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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