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It's not plural.

Cain and Able were born after the expulsion from Eden, and no, there is no specific mention of the birth of any daughters. Abel was replaced very directly, though, after Cain did his thing.

The mention of the apple was not happenstance. The Fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil is never identified botanically. Some scholars theorize that it was actually a fig, since the First Couple grabbed fig leaves immediately upon eating the fruit and realizing that they were naked.

There are also all sorts of other symbolism and possible meanings around the fig as well as the apple's association with different feminine religious traditions. But I didn't sleep last night and I'm losing my edge.

Thank goodness for spellcheck.