Adam, the first man lived to be 930 years old. His son, Seth, was bor nwhen he was 130. He had at least two sons prior to Seth, Cain and Abel. We know Cain killed Abel before Seth was born, and that both boys were old enough to work by the time of Abel's murder so lets say Adam had them when he was 100. That gives him 830 years between when he started to have children and when he died. Lets also say that Eve lived as long as Adam (there is no record of her death). And since Adam was her husband, that also gives her 830 years to have children. 830 years is 9960 months. Thats 1106 nine month sections. That means they could have 1106 kids! But Eve would probably want some time between each of these pregnancies, say a month. Thats still 996 ten month sections.
Lets say women today live to be about 90. They hit menopause around 45ish. So half their life. Half of Eves life would be 465 years. So once the 100 years before she had Cain and Abel, thats still 365 years. Thats 4380 months. And 486 nine month sections or 438 ten month sections. Thats a freaking lot of kids!
I used to wonder how on Earth it ever worked for so many people to come from just two, but now that I've done the math, it's so much easier to understand. Because the kids Eve had when she was 130, were having kids by the time she was 230. Which is a lot of people living a long time and having a lot of kids.
I believe this was a productive class period.
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