The Noahide Laws

The Noahide Laws are recognized by the United States Congress.

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Regarding a recent question about Noah's descendants, the best reply I could find in principle (just happened to read this the other day, actually) comes from "Answers from Genesis," a former publication of the (former) Worldwide Church of God (when it was God's Church). I'll type it here for you, as a labor of love:

* "Can you tell me where Cain got his wife?"

The answer becomes obvious when one considers the time factor of Genesis 4. Time obviously had elapsed since Adam's and Eve's creation. Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel were not the only human beings on the earth when Cain killed Abel. By this time other children had been born to Adam and Eve. Genesis 5:4-5: "And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were 800 years; and he begat sons and daughters: and all the days that Adam lived were 930 years: and he died."

Notice that Adam begat daughters. It is quite obvious that Cain married one of his sisters - Adam's daughter. There simply weren't any unrelated females for him to marry. Adam was the first man (1 Cor. 15:45), and Eve was the mother of all humans with the exception of Adam (gen. 3:20).

Perhaps because of modern laws concerning marriage to those near of kin, many have not see this obvious solution. But it was not wrong for brothers and sisters to marry at that early time in human history. Abraham married his half sister Sarah (Gen. 20:12). His brother Nahor married his brother Haran's daughter (Gen. 11:29). There was no genetic harm to the children. However, by the time of Moses, marriage between close relatives was prohibited (Lev. 18). Such marriages should not take place today.