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There is Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. In Genesis 4:17, it says that Cain lay with his wife. Where did Cain's wife come from?

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The Talmud tells us that Cain and Able were both born with twin sisters, who married the other brother. The source is Rasgi - Genesis 4:1.

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Rabbi Shraga Simmons
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