Since Seth was likely their next son after Abel’s death, then Abel certainly died before Adam and Eve were 130, but probably not too long before that. When she and Adam were 130 years old ( Genesis 5:3), Eve gave birth to Seth, and she viewed him as a replacement for Abel ( Genesis 4:25). Eve could have been, and likely was, a mother by the time she was a one-year-old, and Adam could have been taking Cain on walks as a “two-year-old” man.īut Scripture doesn’t fill in these details nor gives us the age of Adam, Eve, Cain, or Abel at the time of the historical account in Genesis 4:3–5, although it gives us a clue and an upper limit for their ages at the time of Abel’s death.
How far apart were Cain and Abel in age? Why did Cain become a farmer and Abel a herdsman? Did the boys get along with each other when they were young? How “old” were Adam and Eve when the boys were born? And when asking this last question, we need to keep in mind that Adam and Eve were unique among all other humans because they were not born but created mature and commanded to “ be fruitful and multiply” right after they were created ( Genesis 1:28). There are many things about both brothers that are not directly mentioned in Scripture. There are sixteen mentions of Cain and nine of Abel by name, and one unnamed reference of Abel ( 1 John 3:12). Cain and Abel are both featured throughout the biblical text. But when you go back and look through Scripture, the references are not so one sided. Why was Cain’s offering rejected? What was the mark of Cain? Who was he afraid of? It seems like Cain gets all the press, while his brother Abel rarely gets mentioned. One of the most frequently asked questions our speakers and correspondence department receive is Where did Cain get his wife? Other questions involving the first family often also center around Cain.
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