Did Adam and Eve have sex before the fall?

[Maria Billingsley]

So are you saying they had kids before the fall?

Scripture is silent on that.

 

[Paulomycin]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

Okay, there's an interpretation that I can say I've never heard before. Where'd you get it from?

 

[GraceBro]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

There is not enough information to know for sure, but we do know that before the Fall God said, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth (Genesis 1:28).” This tells me that Eve was made with all the working parts required to bear children. But, she did not have children until after the Fall.

 

[Toro]

Where would babies come from if Eve didn't have a uterus?

Storks.....

 

[TribulationSigns]

Silly. God created animals and told them to multiply before the fall. I don’t see why can’t Adam and Eve mates before taking a bite of fruit. It doesn’t matter. If the Bible doesn’t say, we shouldn’t speculate and built doctrine upon it. Let this silly question go.

 

[chilehed]

I think God created the uterus after the fall ... What do you think?

I think that that's a totally bizarre idea.

Of course they had sex before the fall, and it was the most mind-blowing sex anyone's ever had.

 

[Jaxxi]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

I think that Adam and Eve were created to live in heaven and in Eden with God. When they sinned they got earthly bodies capable of reproduction. No, I do not think that they could reproduce until they sinned and learned of good and evil.

 

[Rescued One]

Who on earth or on CF thinks God started out with a plan but didn't know that Adam would bring sin into the world? When did God realize that we'd need salvation?

My God is omniscient!

 

[Darkhorse]

Some time ago, I began to wonder about the portion of God's curse directed at Eve:


To the woman he said,

“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”

(Genesis 3:16)


and the verses regarding the Tree of Knowledge also came to mind:


“You will not certainly die,” the serpent said to the woman. “For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

(Genesis 3:4-5)


These verses rattled around in my head until I came across some findings from anthropologists about how early humans had a small cranium size, but later humans went through a period of rapid increase in cranium size, and this increase made childbirth much more difficult. Some of the increase in size was attributed to the development and expansion of the frontal lobes, which involve high-level thought such as ethical decisions and risk assessment...

"your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”

So, I believe this part of the curse corresponded to humans developing their large head size as a result of the Fall, and gaining a heightened awareness of good and evil.

If these were just my ideas, they wouldn't be worth much. However, several well-informed people have also explored this possibility, and some of them also include details of other physical changes necessary for humans to accommidate their increasing brain size:


The Migrant Mind: Both Adam and Eve's curses Are Curses for Bigger Brains


Just a thought...

 

[buzuxi02]

Adam and Eve were both virgins until after the fall. Before the exile they were innocent and didn't even realize their nudity ( Genesis 3:7) This is actually christian theology 101.

 

[Sketcher]

Adam and Eve were both virgins until after the fall. Before the exile they were innocent and didn't even realize their nudity ( Genesis 3:7) This is actually christian theology 101.

Not realizing nudity doesn't imply virginity.

 

[a Saint of God]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

The Bible says in the beginning he created them male and female. they were man and women they had sexual organs from the beginning all animals also had the male and female organs

 

[PaulCyp1]

Every mammalian species that has ever existed has reproduced through sexual intercourse.

 

[chad kincham]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

Doubtful, IMO, since they didn’t even recognize they were naked, until after eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

 

[chad kincham]

So are you saying they had kids before the fall?

If they had children before they fell, it would have been mentioned when they fell - because scripture shows only Adam and Eve fell, if they had had any children, that would have meant people lived who didn’t fall into sin, thus wouldn’t need a savior.

 

[Strong in Him]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

The toil wasn't in the original plan - that was part of the curse.
How do you conclude that this means the Lord created her without a uterus?

I don't see how God would create a woman, tell her and Adam to go forth and multiply, wait until the woman sinned and then say to himself "right, I'd better give her a uterus now so that she can go forth and multiply".

 

[Strong in Him]

They wouldn't make babies, they would rely on God to create humans as he did Adam and Eve.

So why would God have given them the command to go forth and multiply if he was going to make all the humans himself?

 

[Strong in Him]

I think that Adam and Eve were created to live in heaven and in Eden with God. When they sinned they got earthly bodies capable of reproduction.

They only got earthly bodies when they sinned??

Scripture says otherwise - that God created men and women, in his image, on the 6th day, Genesis 1:26-27. Genesis 2 says that Adam was created from the dust of the ground and God breathed life into him, Genesis 2:7. It says that God put Adam into a deep sleep, took one of his ribs and created Eve, Genesis 2:21.
Adam and Eve were not spirits, floating around in heaven; they were in a garden with real trees, plants and animals. They took the fruit with real hands, put it into their real, earthly, mouths and their real tongues told them that it tasted good.

 

[SamanthaAnastasia]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

Um. You don’t need a uterus to have sexual relations.
Women can still have sexual relations after a hysterectomy.

So even if God created the uterus after The Fall, even if they did or didn’t have children before The Fall, even if they were or weren't virgins before The Fall: this is just bad women’s anatomy. Which is dangerous to women’s health.

It would be better to ask if they both or just one had no sexual organs at all except urethras (which are not sexual organs just within the general area of reproductive organs). Or no knowledge of sexual relations.

But please fully understand women’s anatomy before making assumptions and generalizations.

 

[AubreyM]

Something tells me no, because I think God created the uterus after the fall when He said that the woman will toil to bring forth child. I don't think that toil was in the original plan. What do you think?

Hello a friend of,

I do not think so. Adam could have asked God about that, beforehand of eating the fruit though haha. He did make man and woman to procreate.