Encouraging slavery, incest, rape, and so many other things. He was concerned with Adam and Eve and their progenynot those outside of this group. Cain, in the Bible ( Hebrew Bible, or Old Testament ), firstborn son of Adam and Eve who murdered his brother Abel ( Genesis 4:1-16). http://in-africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Powell-A-et-al-2009-Science-Late-Pleistocene-demography-and-the-appearance-of-modern-human-behaviour.pdf, Bovid Domestication? God also forbade incest to prevent genetic deformities which are less common in the general population, where intermarriage is not typical. Ok who was Cain referring to when he told God that anyone who sees him will kill him? Read the teachings of Jesus in how they relate to fulfill the prophecies, make a new covenant (law) and ask did Jesus die for this to change? OT law was eye for an eye, God smite my enemies, crucify the thief! Its about time to review our view of Adams and Eves reality of life! And in the first (year) of the third jubilee, Cain slew Abel because (God) accepted the sacrifice of Abel I hope some people history werent written in the Bible and Cain havent married to his sister. Later however, Moses commanded close intermarriages between members of the same family to be prohibited (see Leviticus 18:6-17). You may want to look this http://www.aggsbach.de/2012/10/eyed-bone-needle/, Carving 30,000 Yrs It only gave the motions from an earth bound point of view. Did agriculture begin in Paradise (Gen. 2:15) or after the expulsion? These are interesting theories to text. This is strictly the history of the Jew. Gen 3:20 Adam named his wife Eve because she would be the mother of all who live Because they were very sinful and out of Gods regulations. EVE WOULD HAVE DAUGHTERS FROM WHOM CAIN AND SETH MARRIED. Where did she come from? Brown's Sister Got Stabbed Multiple Times During A Fight Kane Brown has a sister called Heidi Swafford. The preadamic rulership over the earth isnt agriculture like in Gen. 2:15 Have a great day. Near China. Cain married his own sister at nod because the bible was not mention woman name at that time it was not prohibiter to marry your sister. Thats jusy stupid man. 100,000 years ago, there were only preadamites. Domestication arose in the end of the 6. well that was a lot of side stepping for a very clear cut passage. he might go along with his wife while leaving his people. The very first creation was the cosmic space (Gen. 1.1). The KJV uses the word "keeper," but the Hebrew word ro'eh means shepherd. In Genesis 2 God puts Adam to work with plants. Did Cain have children? The issue is that there was things lost in translation from Samarian to the Hebrew, and then even more lost or changed out right from Greek to Latin in the roman style to take control of a religion in a region they have concurred. Could you elaborate on you intentions for this quote. People are required to tithe even though the Holy Bible came out thousands of years before paper currency. The Lord counsels Cain and warns him, but if you dont do right, sin is crouching at the door; its urge is toward you, yet you can be its master (Genesis 4:7). May 27, 2021. By enhancing Socialism with Darwinism, Communism emerged as a powerful movement led by Vladimir Lenin and the Bolshevik Party, later wrenching control of Russia in the Revolution of 1917. We should concern ourselves with finding out more about the land of Nod rather than rewriting the book of Genesis. We can only wonder how many female children they had. after arguing about it they both decided that they should marry After they disobeyed God he told eve you shall have great pain giving birth this tells me she had given birth before without the curse of pain since they lived so much longer I believe they married each other in some way, Its easy Cain married one of his sisters, just because they are not mentioned in the Bible doesnt mean they dont exist. So it is faith we must go by. The book of Genesis mentions three of Adam and Eve's children: Cain, Abel and Seth. Btw: The 6000 years often referred to as the time since creation, is in fact the age of Adams bloodline. The answer of course is no. This was necessary to protect humanity . God weaves his grace [] through the genealogies and He loves to produce something beautiful out of sordid family backgrounds, Jon Bloomsaid. Cain was cast out and he went into the land of nod and there he took a wife I mean that is so clear in its meaning and inference most people can get it. The Bible doesnt say how God made the sea creatures. We dont hear about them, except in passing in Genesis 5, because they arent part of a story like Cain and Abel were. 26 Let Us make mankind in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let THEM rule. No, Cain was Adam's oldest son and Abel's brother (Genesis If that was where the Garden of Eden was, then there is a place sounding much like Nod after that narrow exit from that area. Cain had a twin sister, who he eventually married and Abel was part of a set of triplets and he married one of those triplet sisters. One thing that always puzzled me is how Cain got a wife? I agree with Lee, Read Answers in Genesis, book 1 and 2, facinating truly Bible based teaching!! I study TNaKh with enthusiasm and wonder as I engage the text not with fear and limitation.In my opinion to look at the text like a fundamentalist does actually denigrates the Bible and makes this wonderful and complex source seem simply stupid. Bill has pointed out the historic use of "eating" fruit as being an allegory for sexual activity. Why do you think they do not teach anything about Samaria in school when they had developed many of the things we use every day like our calendar, calculus, a two house congress and the list goes on and on because it would loosen their control. In July 2016, news emerged that Heidi Swafford had been stabbed multiple times during a fight. When we do this, we find four names from Cain to Mehujael (meaning smitten by God) and four names from Seth to Mahalalel (meaning praise of God). But the writer of the bible did assume that we could figure out that there were more children born to Adam and Eve, that is why when the lifespan verse of the Christ lineage males always say (and they begat sons and daughters; and they died). The ancient peoples would have understood the antagonisms that would have at times occured between settled farmers dwelling in cities and semi-nomadic herdsmen dwelling in camps; since prehistoric times. In Isaiah 22:18 dur refers to a bundle, not a ball. (Mark 6:20). When Adam and Eve left the Garden, their family consisted of four generations numbering 1,647 pure-line descendants. the Cain wife is an Abel twins sister,because if you look at the book of Old Testament there allows mention males name not female name that is why the dont mention her name and because man are the head of family, The cain wife is Abel twin sister, Because if you look at the books of Old Testament, there allows mention male but not female that is why Bible dont mention har name because man are the head of the family, Then let us try to find the real name of Cain wife and where he get her, we are learning. Its an appellative name for the entire mankind, as already explained repeatedly. The psychological impact on witnesses of sexual sin could help us to understand why Lots daughters behaved as they did. The preadamites were transient hunters-gatherers. The men and women as a part of the creation, but Adam the man, as a part of the great divine plan of salavation. And he lacked seventy years of one thousand years; for one thousand years are as one day in the testimony of the heavens and therefore was it written concerning the tree of knowledge: On the day that ye eat thereof ye shall die. For this reason he did not complete the years of this day; for he died during it. People dont even understand this bible at all. Love your enemy, and Pray for those who have enmity towards you. All times are GMT-5. Also, Bible made no connection of the incidence with Adam and Eve. Adam and Eve arise in a completely different way than the humans of the 6. This is the same for each individual in the genealogy. Adam and Eve are just descendants of the preadamites, and the Gods image of those prehistoric man cant hide fact that they descend from the terrestrial animals, with them they have been created as the same day (actually a VERY long Periode, like the others. They also had boats falling off the edge of the earth if you sailed too close the the edge, when their world was flat. The most likely translation would include an implied of, as found in many English translations (see below). Moreover, the Hebrew grammar shows that all the living creatures represent categories, while Adam is one only of his kind, evidently because he is the only one to receive God breath (2:7). Dean, XIV, 1, 7-9, In Rabbi Rashis commentary on Genesis, Bk, 1, he says that Adam and Eve are the same people as those in Genesis one. And in the first year of the first week of the fifth jubilee, houses were built on the earth, and Cain built a city, and called its name after the name of his son Enoch. He took his sister along with him certainly. It is folly to be too literal, perhaps the reason Jesus spoke in parables. Whom did Cain marry that is not the important part of this question. Cains blood line ever completely ended. If the Bible is not meant to be taken literally then I assume you also dont believe in a literal God Not sure why you bother becoming a Pastor if you start of with not believing the foundation of the Bible. We are given no indication as to how old Cain was when he killed Abel or when he was married. Genesis 4:1-2 describes the birth of the two saying (KJV): "And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. Fascinated by idea! I strongly believe Cain already had a wife with him before getting into Nod. The Bible is clear there is but one, the human race. Chapter VIII. What is being asked in, Who did Cain marry? No woman got the male name Adam. As for me, Ill see the Gods message and truth behind the text whether it literally happened or not. The genealogy numbers reveal a rough timeframe, but you cant elongate that to 100,000 years. They soon named a city after their son. Hence, The Amplified Old Testament describes Cains wife simply as one of Adams offspring., Nineteenth-century Bible commentator Adam Clarke speculated that Gods establishing a sign as a result of Cains fear came about because several generations of Adams descendants already existedenough to found several villages.. http://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1101989257?q=Cain&p=par Gen. 2:7 formed the man OF dust (aphar) from (min) the ground (adamah). Rather, it was there that he had sexual relations with her to produce a son.) Abraham married his half sister ( Genesis 20:12 ); Isaac married his second cousin ( Genesis 24:15 ); and Jacob married two of his first cousins ( Genesis 28:1-7 ). Could this be possible? If, on the other hand, God had created the first couple (Adam and Eve) in this manner could he not have repeated his masterpiece? Only one church father taught it was flat. The girls got their father drunk and had sex with him (Genesis 19:33-35). the mountain in the east By modern legal definition, Cain would have had to commit incest with one of his sisters in order to create offspring because he had no other choice. Your numbers are far beyond Scientific Data (old-earth-creationistic Stuff? I also pointed out why you can not just add the numbers to get to a date for Adam. This very example sufficiently shows, how much the proponents of the traditional exegesis have to bend the biblical texts to continue harping on their string. That sums it up, God said it, He is in authority not any human who denies the truth of scripture by inturpteting scripture through the lens of their own philosophy. and over the years that imperfection has worsened, until now, we average the three score and ten http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines You MUST either accept the existence of other Humans outside of Eden or abandon your faith and reason. In Gen. 1 God tells man to rule over the animal life and in Gen. 2 God puts him in charge of naming animals (an act of dominion). While there are many examples of strong and inspiring men and women in Genesis, the book is also packed with stories of dysfunctional families, which is evidenced from the very beginning with the first familyAdam, Eve and their two children, Cain and Abel. The Lord made only two people, so the only people available for Adam and Eves sons to marry were their own sisters. There are many answers. COPYRIGHT 2023 BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY 5614 Connecticut Ave NW #343, Washington DC 20015-2604. Consequently, although this is not stated, the only logical conclusion is that Cain married his sister and they had children together. If you look at the naming of men, with different names, you may find a different way of she among men and women so that you can find. Luluwa (also Aclima) according to some religious traditions was the oldest daughter of Adam and Eve, the twin sister of Cain and wife of Abel. God created (bara), made (asa, banah) and formed (yatsar) mankind (Adam and Eve). Some points to consider on CAINS WIFE. Hi, for starters, this verse is incorrect. That is the context. The story is only concerned with these two and then with Seth later. Fully-functioning beings, now blessed with intellect and wisdom by one, connected via marriage to emotion and love, means we certainly do have the first family. Thank you for considering my point of view. 8 years of Archaeology Odyssey online, exploring the ancient roots of the Western world in a scholarly and entertaining way, The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land. This is exactly what your local weatherman does every day. When Cain went into the land of Nod and took a wife, he married a Gentile, of which there were many in the land outside of Eden. DNA and genes can tell alot about living and dead organisms. He also says man was made from actual dust. Adam suggested that the question should be settled by each one bringing an offering. Thats right, so forget about all the creationistic crap about kosher genes and sibling incest and make friends with unholy preadamites, coadamites and wicked evolution (Gen. 2:4)! Reading any supernatural stuff (fallen angels etc.) Arets is i. a. the whole planet earth (on which the preadamites spreaded via reproduction), respectively a country/certain area. Cain married his own (younger) sister! I believe that Adam and Eve were the first people of Gods creation he went on to create other people. Mary Joan Winn Leith suggests that while the Israelite storyteller knew that other men and women in Genesis existed outside of Eden, they did not matter to him or factor into his account. According to Isaiah Tishby in his Wisdom of the Zohar, the nephesh is attached to the body, preserving it and satisfying its needs. Adam and Eve never existed. Original near-perfect genetics permitted intermarriage of siblings. Also the used verbs of the first chapter (asah, bara) have completely different meanings as those (jatzar, banah) of the second one. The Persian Gulf did not exist, because of lower sea levels. The same task was also assigned to Israelite. What does an appellative form verses a proper name have to do with what I have said? [6] In 1945, the misconception was listed by the Historical Association (of Britain) as the second of 20 in a pamphlet on common errors in history. The apocryphal story of Tobit written over two hundred years prior to Paul tells of a pious Jew named Tobit who had the dung of a bird land in his eye and blind him. He built brand new creatures (being both physical and spiritual) of the dust from the earth and a rib, and shaped them into the human form. This is the 21st century. Page | 11 In the November/December 2013 issue of BAR, Mary Joan Winn Leith addresses these questions and explores the identity of the wife of Cain in Who Did Cain Marry?. Why? And suddenly it all makes sense, right? That Cain married his sister or a later female descendant of Adam through the marriage of any of Adams sons or daughters is viewed by some societies today as unthinkable. The name Nod was not necessarily used by Cain and his contemporaries, but may simply have been the name of the area as known to the original readers of ha Torah. The Talmud has no exegetical authority as well. Which says that Cain married his own twin sister. What are you saying about the relationship of Adam and Cain. This story was ancient before the Israelites even went into captivity. Does the Bible encourage the practice of Lent? 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