Where did Cain and Abel get their wives?

Cain took one of his sisters to be his wife when God banished him from his homeland. I do not think Abel got married before Cain murdered him. This is pure speculation. It make infinitely more sense that Cain took a daughter of Able to wife. Able would have had to have had at least a few very active sons and a bunch of daughters to explain Cains fear of people every where he went. A man can walk a long way in a day, and be safe. There were a lot of people! Remember, Cain built a city and named it Enoch before Seth was born. Adam was 130 years old when Seth was born.

It was some one out side the garden which of course opens a whole new chapter doesnt it?

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Many scholars believe that the story of Cain and Abel is a myth. S. H. Hooke (Middle Eastern Mythology) shows a clear parallel between the biblical account and an older Middle Eastern myth in which Tammuz had to choose between the shepherd-god (whom we could liken to Abel) and the farmer-god (whom we could liken to Cain). The stories of Cain and Abel are simply myths that are not meant to be understood literally or rationally, so one should not look for a rational explanation for their wives.

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