One school of thought is that the Genesis 1 account of creation
is different from Genesis 2 account.
In Genesis 1:27-28
So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he
created them.
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea
and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves
on the ground."
This group of human just went out to the earth and populate
it.
In Genesis 2:7-8
the LORD God formed the man from
the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of
life, and the man became a living being. Now the LORD God had
planted a garden in the east, in Eden; and there he put the man he
had formed.
This man is Adam and the account that follows is about Eve, Cain,
Abel and Seth.
It is quite obvious that in Genesis 4:14 that there are other
humans in the vicinity.
Today you are driving me from the
land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless
wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill
me."
It is unlikely, from the implication of this verse, that these
people mentioned by Cain are other offsprings of Adam and
Eve.
There are many opinions as to HOW Genesis is to be read:
Literal?
Figurative?
My personal opinion is that there are two groups of people, one the
general population of earth, and the other, a special chosen group
tasked to look after the gardenof eden who did not do a good job.
It is also my opinion that this special group is written
figuratively, ie, representing the people of God who has chosen to
disobeyed Him.
...but as someone else has said, go talk to your pastor (assuming
you attend church), and I don't believe any pastor worth his salt
will turn you away.
