Seven men marry seven wives riddle

[TRUTH04]

Please how can you solve this riddle?

[Tortuga]

51?

[dove]

 If each of the 7 men has 7 wives, would that make 49 wives?

If each of them has 7 children, would that be 49 times each wife and husband, or each couple ? Add the couples...

[Tortuga]

Don't forget incest and bigomy...

[dove]

Your guess is as good as mine..

[Qapla]

It could be that all 7 of them have the same 7 wives ...

 

However, I will guess 21 people

[Tortuga]

18 minutes ago, Dove said:

Your guess is as good as mine..

My guess was 51, based on three generations and family marriage. I didn't include any bigomy.

[dove]

It was worded in such a way that could be taken in so many directions..probably making something simple, complicated..

Even factoring in the time period and place this happened would change the answer.

Hope we're put out of our misery soon...😄

[dove]

21 minutes ago, Tortuga said:

My guess was 51, based on three generations and family marriage. I didn't include any bigomy.

I apologize..I thought you were being sarcastic...so sorry..☹️

[Nelly Kim]

3 hours ago, TRUTH04 said:

Please how can you solve this riddle?

7 Men + 7 Women =14 People

2 - Each man has 7 children so this means

49 Children.

Each wife has 7 children = 49

49+49 = 98 Children

98 Children + 14 parents = 112..

So the number of people are 112

Edited January 18, 2021 by Nelly Michael

[daydream]

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Each wife has 7 children = 49

So each of the wives had 7 children from their previous marriages, no?

[Qapla]

Due to the sentence structure ... the statement that "each man and each wife" can be taken that each couple has "1" child.

 

7 men

7 wives

7 children

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21 people

 

 

We need @TRUTH04 to come back and check the math for the various scenarios and let us know what the answer really is.

 

[dove]

32 minutes ago, Mclove said:

So each of the wives had 7 children from their previous marriages, no?

I wondered about that scenario too...

[dove]

I think we could make this up as we go along, and come up with many different answers..maybeThat's the answer..

Just now, Dove said:

I think we could make this up as we go along, and come up with many different answers..maybeThat's the answer..

We could just follow the principle in Lev. 25:8

[Tortuga]

1 hour ago, Qapla said:

Due to the sentence structure ... the statement that "each man and each wife" can be taken that each couple has "1" child.

Can you explain that?

[Qapla]

 

[Tortuga]

5 minutes ago, Qapla said:

 

Oh...you cheated..🤣😁

[Qapla]

I prefer to it being call "innovative" ...

 

 

 

 

Besides, I looked for the video since I already knew it could be explained this way - not the first time I have heard this riddle.

 

 

[TRUTH04]

13 hours ago, Qapla said:

 

I will arrest you.lol