How old was Adam and Eve when Cain was born?

Answer 1

Answer 1:

The Bible doesn't say specifically, but we can guess approximately ..

Adam was created full grown, quite a while before Eve, as he had the assignment of caring for the HUGE garden in Eden and naming all the animals before she arrived (Genesis 2:18-20)

After he'd done this, God created Eve, full grown, from Adam's rib(Genesis 2:21-23)

Their first son was Cain, and then came Able(Genesis 4:1&2)

When Cain killed Able, they were old enough to be herding sheep and cultivating the ground.(Genesis 4:2&3)

Sometime after Able's death, Eve had Seth (Genesis 4:25)

It appears that Adam was about 130 years old when he had Seth (Genesis 5:3-5),

so he was obviously quite a bit younger when he'd had Cain.

People lived much longer back then, when they were closer to perfection.

Mankind was created perfect, to live forever, but this endless life was contingent on their choosing to be obedient to God (Genesis 2:15-17). They had free will.

When Adam and Eve rebelled against their creator, they began to die, as promised.(Romans 5:12)

As we've gotten further and further from perfection, and more and more imperfect, our lives have gotten shorter.

Additional response------------------------------------------------------

This explanation of shorter lifespans is a good one but there is more to the explanation. We see after the flood when humanity is bottle-necked through Noah's descendants that the lifespans drop dramatically. The great deluge removed the upper firmament, and the water above it, which filtered out much of the Sun's harmful UV rays. The removal of that firmament and its water changed the universal tropical climate of the earth into what it is today.

Before the flood there was a greenhouse environment which allowed the whole earth to be tropical paradise including the north and south poles. After the flood there is much less protection from the Sun's UV rays, north and south polar caps freeze, regions near the equator become intensely hot. The dramatic shift from universal tropic climate to regions of extreme heat and extreme cold shortened our lifespans.

Imagine the whole earth a tropical paradise where plants could grow anywhere in places like Siberia, Alaska, and the polar caps. After the flood plant life would only be able to thrive in the right climates in certain regions and during certain seasons of the year. This scarcity of plant life would also explain why God permitted Noah's family to use animal flesh as meat instead of a purely vegetarian diet.

Answer 2:

The above answer was well done and nicely prepared. I just had to correct one tiny detail which can in turn change the validity of the entire beautiful answer the responder laid down.

"Adam was created full grown, quite a while before Eve, as he had the assignment of caring for the HUGE garden in Eden and naming all the animals before she arrived"

The first part is true that Adam was created a fully-grown man but Eve was not created quite a while after Adam. Or that depends on what the author meant by quite a while. The entire creation of "man" or "men" as in human beings was done before the seventh literal day. This simply means Eve was created on the very same day as Adam and not so long after he named all the animals because it was before sunset. Refer to the same chapter the author mentioned: Genesis 2.

I loved the respond he gave because it is true the Bible is silent about the age or how long it took them from creation before they had children or the first child. But given the very fact that God said, "be fruitful and multiply", we can assume that Eve just like the Eves of these Earth or generation; she was ovulating monthly or twice a month as some healthy women do.

Basically every month a woman will release an egg to be fertilized by the man's seed to make a baby. Its very much possible that Eve could have fallen pregnant the very same year she was created since she was created fully-grown too and ready to make babies. So, Adam and Eve could have been two years old or little older when their first-born came into the world.

This also brings an important question as to why Seth (after 130 years of their existence) was just a replacement of Abel, the one murdered by his brother Cain because of jealousy. And the Bible makes it sound like he was the third born, after these many years. It's also very possible that Seth was not the third born in the family but just the third son.

Maybe, and mind you this is all assumption; maybe only daughters were just born within these 130 years of their existence before Seth. Or it could be that it took a longer time for kids in those days to be fully developed into adults. The Bible mentions that: "...for the child shall die an hundred years" Isaiah 65:20. Meaning the childhood will last for a longer period of hundred Earthly years in Heaven or in the new Earth.

So it could be that Cain and Abel grew a little slower since humans were living almost a thousand years. My guess is that they were in no hurry to grow since they were living longer. Parents sort of enjoyed parenthood for a longer period. So that can support a theory that says Adam and Eve could have been two years old when they had Cain and his brother few years later but it took a long time for them to leave their childhood. No wonder Seth was the third son. At least that's what we get from Genesis chapter 4

Answer 2

They were not created at the same time. Adam was created first. He would have been less than a minute old when that happened.

Eve was created some time later. She too would have been less than a minute old when she was created.

But when you were born, you were approx 9 months old already; yet that doesn't count on your birth certificate, because it's your 'birth' certificate, not your 'alive' certificate.

Answer 3

The Bible doesn't state how old Adam and Eve were when she conceived Cain and Abel [Genesis 4:1-2]; however, see also Genesis 5:3. However, please keep in mind that all of these are mythical characters.

Answer 4

Adam and Eve were not born, but they were created.

Answer 5

I don't know about Eve, but Adam was 930 years old when he died.

Answer 6

Adam was 200 years old and eve 100

Answer 7

dead