I dont know if it has already been mentioned here, but Gen. 1:26/27 and 2:7 are two different events. The story said nothing of Cain repenting for the murder of his brother, only that he felt his punishment was unjust. Why do people, even scholars, try to make them more than that? First of all, it is vitally important for the Christian to be able to answer this question, as it relates to defending the fact that all humans are descendants of Adam and Eve; and, secondly, that it is only their descendants that can be saved. Further at Tobit 1:4,11, 14:1 we see the historical inaccuracies. Adam grew out of natural reproduction. Adam wished that each should marry the sister of the other; but Cain's sister was the handsomer of the two and had been born in paradise; while Abel and his sister had been begotten outside of the garden. Numbers arent called until Gen. 2-3, which tells from one man (isch) and one woman (ischah). One thing that always puzzled me is how Cain got a wife? A year later,. Only one church father taught it was flat. Jewish sources are not the Word of God. So it is faith we must go by. With Adam and Eve out of the garden, all activities were outside the garden. THEY ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS. It does say that land creatures and flying creatures were formed from the ground (Gen. 2:19). As someone else has commented, it would be good if this site stuck to its title. April 07, 2022. Treasures. 3. Wake up people God would want us to live in perfect harmony, eating the fruits and vegetables that grow from the earth, keeping our children protected and raising them to make the world a better place. It was not accordingly to as the events unfolds or do you think Lamech Cains son is older than Seth Adams third son? Its the Interface between the 6. and the 7. Today the city is called Warka. Take the KNOWLEDGE, WISDOM, and LAWS of the Old Testament, and run them through the love of Jesus and the cross. Because the first one failed his task. It teaches that Adam came from actual dust and that breath of life is breathing Ch. AP. Why dont people read Genesis 5:4 which reveals that Adam begat sons and daughters. 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). The Bible does say that Adam and Eve had other children besides Cain and Abel (Genesis 5:4). Every dictionary can be Testament to it. According to the author of 1 John he did so because his deeds were evil, but his brother's were righteous. Cain and Abel both . This has been debated elsewhere. There were no other people outside the first family. To look logically (which many people will not or cannot do) and read sequentially, this task was impossible. The stories of the OT were meant to teach the faith, they didnt have to actually have happened or happened that way. Come on. Not sure why you mention your Masters in Pastoral Theology. So he was himself cursed for cursing his brethren and family. Consequently, although this is not stated, the only logical conclusion is that Cain married his sister and they had children together. 4. The Talmud has no exegetical authority as well. Im sorry, but I do not understand most of what you wrote. In Gen. 1.26-27, dm is mentioned in singular AND plural. This is a sign that they were other people living on earth. Four highly acclaimed books, published in conjunction with the Smithsonian Institution: Aspects of Monotheism, Feminist Approaches to the Bible, The Rise of Ancient Israel and The Search for Jesus. A different answer emerges when Leith turns from the traditional responses about the wife of Cain and delves into modern scholarship. In contrast to the lowly and coarse nature of the vital soul we have the neshamah (breath), a holy force, whose principle function is to guide man along the right path and to draw him near to God. To rule does not mean to hunt. It means to have dominion. In the ancient Near East, sometimes those outside of a particular group or society were considered less human by those inside of the group. The sea levels were too low. Cain, a farmer, became enraged when the Lord accepted the offering of his brother, a shepherd, in preference to his own. The pinnacle of earthly bliss was reached when Adam and Eve witnessed the birth of their first children, a set of twins. It isnt a criterium how long a false doctrine is believed in. Cain was told that when he farmed, nothing would be produced. Therefore, there is no reason to assume they the words refer to different humans in chapters one and two. Simple, accounting for the Biblical record that Eve is the mother of all the living, Cain (prior to the ban of marrying a close relative which is due to our mutating DNA) married his sister. They to allowed themselves to mingle with these species ( refer as gentile). The early 19th century commentator, Adam Clarke reasoned that both Cain and Abel raised families well before the birth of Seth. Evolution is the reason you try to reinterpret the scriptures. The same task was also assigned to Israelite. It is folly to be too literal, perhaps the reason Jesus spoke in parables. Also, as Adam and Eve were created perfect, their genes would have been perfect. SCIENCE IS BELIEVING WHAT EVIDENCE IS AVAILABLE RATHER THAN THE PERCEIVED ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE. Problem solved. The most likely translation would include an implied of, as found in many English translations (see below). But geneticists, by tracing the DNA patterns found in people throughout the world, have now identified lineages . All descendants not of Adams line would not have been eligible for forgiveness, but they would have still been subject to the condemnation of creation. Did Cain have children? Adamson was Adam and Eve's firstborn. Should we make an issue of this or not? Anyone ever thought that Cains wife was created the same way Eve was created. Furthermore, recent studies, such as one published in the Journal of Genetic Counseling, show that unions between first cousins face lower risks of having children with birth defects than is widely perceived. Besides, Deans argument seems to be that Adam and Eve had NO daughters. Some/much of Genesis falls into this categoryYou guys that want to read it ALL as a literal history/science book, more power to you. : And it came to pass that Cain took one of his brothers daughters to wife, and they loved Satan more than God., http://lds.org/scriptures/pgp/moses/5.28?lang=eng. Cain married a sister or niece. If you read Genesis Chapter 1 verse 26 It says Let us make man in our image, after our likeness & have Dominion over..Etc. Cain could have married his sister or even his niece. Along the way he becomes ill and his brothers leave him in a cave supplied with provisions until he should recouperate. It seems to me that it is strange the woman and man have the same number of ribs so GOD must have copied the rib to do that, however, my Bible says a curve was taken from Adam to make Eve.. Further, Cain was told to leave the family, after being told, hed be no longer able to take the fruit of the earth from the ground nor the strength of the earth from the Earth. I also pointed out why you can not just add the numbers to get to a date for Adam. This fits Cush, originally populated by dark skinned people. http://www.scriptural-truth.com/PDF_Apocrypha/Second Book of Adam and Eve.pdf So Adam said to his son Seth, I wish, 0 my son, that thou wed thy sister https://www.academia.edu/10440502/Cosmogonies_and_Theogonies. It was not until Adam and Eve freely chose to rebel against God, that pain and suffering entered into the world, he said. Who did Cain marry? Genesis 4:1-2a states, "Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, "I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord." And again, she bore his brother Abel." My book tells you all that, Historical Genesis from Adam to Abraham. 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? That voice that tells you right from wrong is your conscience and morality, not Jesus Christ. 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. Reading carefully the Genesis in Hebrew, we have to point out that God says to the earth (aretz) to produce all the living creatures (1:24) which has to include mankind. Nevertheless, her identity is still worth investigating. They soon named a city after their son. What Does the Bible Say About Infertility? 1:5, where it descripts the arising of Jeremia. I fully believe that Christ was God in the flesh and was the atonement for my sins to reconcile me with a holy God, my Father in heaven. But Cain is bad; he does not love his brother. This is just one of the examples of Jewish fables that were prevalent in Pauls day. Likewise, there are no time indicators in Genesis 4, but you can compare the names and characteristics from each genealogy. One of the importance task assigned to Adam was to get rid of this dangerous species. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8117915.stm, Modern Culture Over 40,000 Yrs. She was already resident in the land of Nod when Cain arrived there. Depensa, 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. Then he became father to a son in his likeness, in his image, and called his name Seth. 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. 30 Verses to Reflect on in the Book of Hebrews. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090624-bone-flute-oldest-instrument.html You can twist the scriptures all you want, to try to fit in evolution, but it doesnt work. The same verb in Gen. 2.7 is also used in Jer. Genesis 25:24-26 ESV / 2 helpful votesNot Helpful. The first is singular form (him) and the second is plural form (them). Yes, the paradise story is about the transition from hunters-gatherers to agriculturalists AND Adam and Eve are the first biblically recorded ones. The KJV uses the word "keeper," but the Hebrew word ro'eh means shepherd. he might go along with his wife while leaving his people. If I get what you are after the question you are actually asking is, Whom did Cain marry?, Where did Cain get his wife if there was just one family? so more argument we take it as it stated in the Bible. Like todays Torah service in a traditional Jewish Shabbat service the text was read aloud at an auience. And the majority doesnt count, as well. Just smile a lot and get something to eat. God does not condone murder (or war), God does not condone utilizing money or giving other humans power or authority. Yes, it's unfair that Cain, as a farmer, inherited his father's curse. Eve had cain and azura than abel and awan. I'm only telling you why In the first statement you propose evolution which, like the last statement uses natural reproduction. You start off with being a false teacher. It was also typically held in the aboriginal cultures of the Americas, and a flat Earth domed by the firmament in the shape of an inverted bowl is common in pre-scientific societies. I dont believe there were other people. Yes, I have read the book about Adam and Eve having five children where Cain and Abel each had a twin sister and then Seth was born later without a twin. There were already humans on the earth. You have drunk deeply of the Kool-aid laced with literalism, and unfortunately reason cannot penetrate your cult-colored worldview. The first came out red, all his body like a hairy cloak, so they called his name Esau. 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). Adam and Eve never existed. Cains wife is a curious subject but the the size of the animals on the ark are also. Read your Bible again). The Bible then goes on to tell us about their offspring and the famous murder of Abel. Thats jusy stupid man. My thought on this subject is; that God had created men and women but without His God Spirit. So, just like Genesis two, we have a single man created first, and then a single pair of individuals (one male and one female). Failed to stand up against the serpents temptation. It isnt the point who tought a flat earth. Genesis 19:13 says God sent angels to destroy the cities because the outcry to the LORD against its people [was] so great. After Lots family fled Gods destruction, his wife was turned into a pillar of salt as she looked back on the burning cities, and Lot found a cave for his daughters and him to rest in. Adam and Ever are the progenitors of all mankind (Gen 3:20; Acts 17:26). WHERE HE DWELT AFTER LEAVING GODS PRESENCE WAS NAMED AFTER HIM, THE LAND OF WANDERER. No, Abel was killed by his brother, Cain. Gen. 5:3, 4: Adam lived on for a hundred and thirty years. The Adam of the y-chromosome isnt an individual, but a group of humans and has nothing to do with the biblical Person Adam. Don Stewart explainsthe commandment against [incest] strengthened the structure of the family unit. One way to understand what he means is to examine what happens to victims and witnesses of incest. That is why we find so much evidence after about 12,000 years ago, but that is not when it all started, nor do we know how widespread it was. There was no Hebrew word for ball/sphere, not even dur. Volume III, TRACT ERUBIN, CH. Did Adam and eve acceptted, to give their daughter to Cain? It is not just that Abel's gift is better than Cain's. It is because Abel is a good man. What do the works from Sumer and Babylon have to say about Cain or Kain? Did agriculture begin in Paradise (Gen. 2:15) or after the expulsion? day of creation at best. o and if you are going to believe in God and the Bible you cannot go and find your white-out and remove the bits you dont like.., it is in there for a reason and it is all true, not just bits and peices. After the murder of Abel, god asked Cain where his brother Abel Acts 4:12. Its fascinating how opposing views collide, producing sparks like atoms smashing together in a particle accelerator, putting an end to darkness (Job 28:3). Assuming that Adrian and Menashe are still talking about Genesis 1 and 2, there are no glitches.. Yet a careful analysis of Genesis reveals that the matters presented there are far from clear. We as humans can never understand God completely but going by the book of Genesis, Cain did not marry his one of his sisters. Nevertheless, F. LaGard Smith comments in The Narrated Bible in Chronological Order: It is altogether likely that these first brothers and sisters enter into marriages with each other, despite the sense of inappropriateness which would be felt should that occur in following generations. Also, it is noteworthy that it was not until Moses received Gods laws for the nation of Israel in 1513 B.C.E. The context indicates that someone who knew Cain and what what he had done would seek him out. This goes to the heart of some of the misunderstandings about who Adam and his line was. Mary Joan Winn Leith explores the identity of the wife of Cain. Who were the other people that could kill Cain? MERVYN. He was followed by his sister and Eveson, the second son of Adam and Eve. Made from dust, not inside Eden, but outside and before Eden (yep, thats right. As the Holy Spirit is the story teller (1 Tim 3:16; 2 Pet 1:21) to suggest that He did other than tell the truth is a violation of the direct Word of God (John 16:13). Cain and abel had twin sisters. Truth, you defend literalism, then quoted a verse then ignored its obvious literal meaning.all scripture is inspired by God and profitable for doctrine. Video lectures from world-renowned experts. Thats why the traditional exegesis of Adams arising is ridiculous. Stop majoring on the minor. This is because today humans have lots of mistakesbecause of the cursein their genes. One of the most often-asked questions about the Bible is that of Cain's wife. At the close of this jubilee Cain was killed after him in the same year; for his house fell upon him and he died in the midst of his house, and he was killed by its stones; for with a stone he had killed Abel, and by a stone was he killed in righteous judgment. What did you mean by a land sounding like the Angel (cherub). The original intention of family was to reflect God's character but more than that: it provides a safe place where children can experience God's love (through their parents) and learn how to love other people, Focus on the Familystated. The bible cosmology also clearly teaches a flat earth and any reading of scripture that is the least bit consistent and attempts to keep to a literal biblical cosmology in the early chapters of Genesis must surely keep to a flat earth which is present from Genesis to Revelation. They, like the first couple, were also formed together as one body and then became two. She is Nymph . How could we imagine that animals could punish Cain? He would of put it in the Holy Bible. http://www.aggsbach.de/2012/10/eyed-bone-needle/, Carving 30,000 Yrs Theres a whole book a dedicated to this one begot that one. I've been re-reading the pragmatic genesis series. Gen 2:20 No suitable helper was found Insults will get you nothing but return in kind. That is NOT in 1 Enoch, which is the third most frequent manuscript discovered among the Dead Sea Scrolls. All humans descended from Adam and Eve. I would follow the Biblical account , that would make the most sense. Of course, Noahs flood was local. Cains wifes name in a more sure manner. How can a story teach faith if it did not actually happen? Check out Who Was Adam? by Dr. Rana. Case closed. Edit Genesis 5:4 says nothing about the timing of daughters, and sons would include Cain, Abel and Seth. gives my heart no peace. Where did you get this information? Therefore the earth, like other heavenly bodies, is suspended in space as if hanging on nothing. So, there is no indication of people beyond his family. Tobit is said to have been witness to both the revolt of the ten tribe kingdoms of Israel and the deportation to Nineveh. Adam, by Allah's direction, ordered Cain to marry Abel's twin sister, and that Abel should marry Cain's, for it being the common opinion that marriages ought not to take place with those very near akin, such as their own sisters, it seemed reasonable to supose that . To survive the famine, many turned to cannibalism. Lastly, we find zakar and neqebah and ish and ishsha are used interchangeably for the individual mating pairs which entered the ark. They are only having babies which concludes that they could be getting married to their sisters and even their mothers. This is utter nonsense. The girls got their father drunk and had sex with him (Genesis 19:33-35). There are others who protest this obvious brother sister relationship declaring it a violation of God's law against marrying a close relative. In Genesis 1:24, God orders the earth (in Hebrew Aretz) to produce living creatures of all kind and with a careful reading we can understand that it includes also human being. Melissa "Missy" Cooper is Sheldon's fraternal younger twin sister. Candice Luceylives with her husband and daughters in (mostly) tranquil Salmon Arm, BC, Canada. Here is your ticket to join us as we discover more and more about the biblical world and its people. If you dont believe the biblical narrative,as another replier has mention it is open to any assumption or presupposition. There is no where in the bible that says there were other groups of people on earth in the beginning with Adam and Eve, but it was common to marry brother and sister before and after the flood. There is no clear biblical evidence to support the view that Cain and Abel may have been twins. God has made a convincing case against incest and demonstrated that incest is both a cause of and a result of disobedience and pain. Yes, I do believe Adam and Eve had more children. John Sidney McCain IV, 32. It says nothing about when or where they met. ESV - They at this time are still not referred to as husband and wife. . To answer this question isnt difficult at all. George, Its about time to review our view of Adams and Eves reality of life! Report, February 13 2015 And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and born Enoch. whether they were human or not is another question. Everyone seems to ignore Genesis 5:3-4 (more sons and daughters) and the fact that no time scale is given. Isaac and his wife Rebekah are the first couple mentioned in the Bible to have twins. Note, marriage can go irrespective of age difference, a man can marry a girl young enough to be their daughter. If every account were to be written, the Bible could be so big the world couldnt contain it. Vote Up The old text uses the word adam about these people, too. Mary Joan Winn Leith first explores the traditional Jewish and Christian answers that contend that the wife of Cain was another daughter of Adam and Eve. The verse actually by omission gives no implication that it is a proof text for what you claim it means. The Bible is pretty explicit in saying that Eve is the mother of all humanity. See for yourselves. In many languages they talk about the man, the mankind understood, no special individual. Cain married his wife. For one reason, the author of the Genesis sought to trace the history of the ancestors of Israel; it is just that the Genesis stories were highlight on the lives of Adam and Eve as to the reference of the order and ancestors of Israel. When God breathed into Adam, the same meaning is applied to spirit, which makes the potential of Adam & Eve being changed into fully-functioning spiritual beings as God would have intended. Stop wasting your time and the time of others. It is all myth. Many, if not all of us, will find this proposition as almost beyond belief. Perhaps this is where these genes came into ours. So Adam must have given birth to so many children and had many other grandchildren before Cain even got married. The only alternative to Cain marrying one of his sisters would be if he married a niece: there was plenty of time for one to mature. Why? Organized religion can change the orbit of the earth,sun and other planets. 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? that intercourse between such close relatives was specifically forbidden.Leviticus 18:9, 17, 24. So the real problem is that too few people want to read the bible and believe it literally. Do not be controlled by words that confine your mind. The sons and daughters of Adam and Eve come AFTER Seth. Consistently, the calculations overestimated the size of the founding population. The Bible said that Cain went to Nod. 0 responses Although the Bible is not a scientific book, it is scientifically accurate. Thats the actual meaning of ruling over the animals. The words of God (bible) not necessary for us to know the details of cain s wife.God wants us to understand that He still love and blessed the sinners. If the entire human race came from an original pair then this was unavoidable, according to Don Stewart. Adam and Eve were procreating long befor the fall(be fruitful and multiply) Cain had to have married either a sister or a cousin. 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. An example of the negative impact of incest can be found as early as Genesis 19 with Lots daughters. WHEN our father Adam saw that his end was near, he called his son Seth, who Like Adam, Eve and all other humans, Cains wife descends from the preadamites of the sixth day. Easy to find on a map. I think it is obvious, that there were humans (so-called preadamites) before Adam and Eve. In other words, children and parents are not to have sexual relations with or marry each other; yet, no actual laws about incest were given in the unspoiled world of Eden before the Fall, or even before the Exodus. Also, we know that when in harmony and love a new physical child is born, so is the balance between Adam and Eve in the spiritual sense, that means new birth for we who already exist. 3.19) . The preadamic rulership over the earth isnt agriculture like in Gen. 2.15 (arets adamah). Report. And Cain said to god Am I brothers keeper. going back over 30,000 years and they are us. According to Isaiah Tishby in his Wisdom of the Zohar, the nephesh is attached to the body, preserving it and satisfying its needs. HAS SHE NEVER READ THE hEBREW BIBLE? 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. So, God built a body out of dust and had to breathe life into it. There also is some evidence of two additional but now dry riverbeds in the Near East which lends more credibility to the original Adam and Eve story with the four named rivers. By the time they gave birth to Cain and Abel (Gen 4:1-2), Seth (whose lineage we follow through Noah and beyond) and other sons and daughters (Gen 5) they had already disobeyed God and been cast out of the garden of Eden. (It was from this line that Cain took his wife from the land of Nod. So brothers and sisters (Adam and Eves children) could have married and not had the problems of deformities in their offspring as might well happen today, if such close relatives married and had children. You dont know the scriptures nor do you know the power of God. 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. If the Bible is silent on a topic it was either know by everyone and was insignificant to pass on or God deemed it unimportant to reveal to His prophets. Adam and Eve lived 900 years and only had three children, your a fool if you believe that. days drew near. 2 And again, she bore his brother Abel. Biblical Archaeology Society []. Cain hadnt had any sisters at the time of his marriage. P.S. It doesnt matter if its been a few thousand years if we all came from the same dna there will be no alteration no matter how long the time period, you know hence why people can trace their family lineages using dna. The genealogy numbers reveal a rough timeframe, but you cant elongate that to 100,000 years. And It could be by that time because life was still quite pristine Adam & Even could have had several other children, daughters, perhaps, or even granddaughters that Cain might have married. Things may have turned out differently should Cain have repented, accepted his punishment without complaint, and moved when The Lord said Move.(i.e. For example breath of life is literally breath life. OF is implied. This Bible History Daily feature was originally published in 2013. 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