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AllDayJay1970 t1_iw1xw9z wrote

Reply to comment by Peacemkr45 in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

In older judaic text, Adam and Eve weren;t the first people , they were the first people made by god . When Adam and Eve were cast from the garden there were people already living there . I think this is where Lilith comes into the story

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marmorset t1_iw4p6f0 wrote

That's all extra-Biblical, it's rabbis looking to explain things after the fact. The Bible says that God created Adam, then later He creates Eve, and they're the parents of mankind.

Lilith isn't in the Bible, other people weren't created first. If you're accepting the Bible either as a religious text or as mythology, it's clear that God creates Adam and Eve and everyone else comes from them, there's no Lilith or others.

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