Jennifer Rothnie Supporter Housewife, Artist, Perpetually Curious

There are a number of difficulties with the theory that God simply made more humans out of the dust for Adam's children or Noah's grandsons to marry. These difficulties are not that it would be "impossible" for God to make helpmeets from the dust, but death with the scriptural text and the fall of man.

#1 The curse

If "new" humans were made post-fall, they would not inherit the knowledge of good and evil, and would presumably not have or pass on the curse of painful childbirth. They would not be in bondage as the rest of creation. Nor would they personally have enmity with Satan.

"And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; he will crush your head, and you will strike his heel.” 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.”" Gen 3:15-6

#2 The contradiction

Eve was named so (Chavvah, "to live" or "to breathe) by Adam as she was to become the mother of *all* living humans. 

"And Adam named his wife Eve, because she would be the mother of all the living." Gen 3:20

That's a pretty hefty contradiction for the idea God just made more people from dust, later.

#3 Why would death reign over those unrelated to the first Adam?

"Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all mankind, because all sinned... Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come. But the gracious gift is not like the offense. *For if by the offense of the one the many died, much more did the grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many.*...For if by the offense of the one, death reigned through the one, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ. So then, as through one offense the result was condemnation to *all* mankind, so also through one act of righteousness the result was justification of life to all mankind." Rom 5:12-18

These newly created people wouldn't have death reigning over them, nor the inherited knowledge of good and evil. While it's possible they could still sin against God's commands, just as Adam, they wouldn't be made with death reigning over them. They would not need a Saviour in the same way as the rest.

#4 The grandsons are all listed

In Gen 10, many if not all of the grandsons of Noah are listed, and their genealogy given as descendants of Noah's sons. "These are the clans of Noah's sons, according to their lines of descent, within their nations."

The likelihood of Noah's sons only bearing sons and God having to make wives for each is biologically dubious.

#5 Adam's unique genealogy

Only Adam is listed in any genealogy as a "Son of God." That is, made by God. Every other human mentioned has at least one parent mentioned.

"... 35the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God." Luke 3:35-38

#6 Plenty of sons and daughters

Gen 6:3-5 mentions the many sons and daughters of Seth. There was not a lack of one gender or of people.

#7 Inbreeding?

Fears of inbreeding are often overblown. Bottlenecks can happen but the problem is when a group with harmdul recessive genes gets isolated, *not* in a couple with diverse genetics. So what might cause a problem in one modern generation could take *hundreds* of generations to show up, if ever, from two people with a mix of dominant/recessive genes and no/little genetic damage.

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