Indeed, the fact that she is mentioned after Cains banishment indicates that enough time had passed that she could even have been one of Adam and Eves granddaughters. Adam and Eve arent creations (bara) at all! we are say elot of things but never knew the right truth. the reason Cain and Abel are written in there is because of the sin Cain committed, before the event of Cain killing his brother Abel, no man had ever taken a life. The sea levels were too low. 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. In the first statement you propose evolution which, like the last statement uses natural reproduction. Cain had to have married either a sister or a cousin. So i think we all should just stop deffrents story and live as we are living just followe the commandment of all mighty God. In the book of Enoch, Cains wife is referred to as a cow as described in his vision. The biblical example above demonstrates the potential for long-term consequences. I personally think Cain married one of the sons of Godcan you remember when God said He will stop that and I also think Can might have given birth to giants. Whom was Cain afraid of after he killed Abel? I think it is obvious, that there were humans (so-called preadamites) before Adam and Eve. The audience understood the cultural cues and were unconcerned about narrative contradictions and inconsistencies as they had an entirely different way of thinking than us moderns do. We have no way of knowing if Cain was the first child. There is evidence that Adam and eve lived out of Bible . Aries. Gen. 3:20: Adam called his wifes name Eve, because she had to become the mother of everyone living. (So all humans were to be the offspring of Adam and Eve.) You have simply read that into the text. https://www.academia.edu/10440502/Cosmogonies_and_Theogonies. Now how old was cain and Able at the time of the incidence? 6 But when he was twenty years of age, he begat a son, whom he called Enos; Cain could have physically married another human being that had not received the breath of God. People dont even understand this bible at all. It is not just that Abel's gift is better than Cain's. It is because Abel is a good man. But Cain does not listen. Language is man made and therefore anything ever said, written, or read is based solely on interpretation. 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)! We need to stop taking the bible literally and look at it more metaphorically. Then God said, and now we will make humans beings, they will be like us He blessed them and said, have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth. Even the Big Bang theory was fathered by a preist. There are others who protest this obvious brother sister relationship declaring it a violation of God's law against marrying a close relative. Only God knows the truth. The fact that Adam and Eve were driven out of the garden is recorded because that story shows us what happens when we desire to have the things God has forbidden. day of creation. Share 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. WOW, I dony know who is right or wrong on this stream, bit it is wonderful to read so many knowledgable people discussing this important issue. Modern humans prior to 5,000 years ago are no different from those afterwards. No! Thanks to a find in Israel just last week, we know that modern or Cro-Magnon man is a full 50,000 years older than we thought. Adam wished Cain to marry Abel's twin sister, and Abel to marry Cain's. Cain would not consent to this arrangement, and Adam proposed to refer the question to God by means of a sacrifice. He created heavens shamayim first, remember. Genesis 4:16-17 does not say that Cain married his wife after leaving Eden. There were no other womenjust one woman, Eve. The gaps in the genealogies are already limited by elongating the life ages. Consider that the word Adam means something other than a physical man and Eve also has another meaning past a name.. The Bible only concerns its self with Gods people and the line through which Christ is brought into the world. The first is singular form (him) and the second is plural form (them). THAT ALL BUT PROVES DISSEMINATION FROM ONE ORIGINAL SOURCE. In other words, we are told certain details about three sons born to Adam and Eve. Original near-perfect genetics permitted intermarriage of siblings. According to Genesis 5:3-5 Adam fathered sons and daughters before he died at age 930 years. How could we imagine that animals could punish Cain? However, my grandparents, from well respected English families, were married in 1917 in England and they were first cousins. Share Hello Fatima, the bible did not states his wife came from the land of Nod The bible say that Cain went to the land of Nod and knew his wife and not that he marry his wife. Did you read the quotes from Jesus (God in the flesh)? Then Cain was kicked out of Eden. First of all, you have to know that the old Testament is the story of the Jews and not Gentiles. Could it be that we are only thinking of the physical when it comes to the first family? Any other human beings would have had to come from the sexual relation of Adam and Eve. When you look at those mentioned in the Bible, before the global deluge of Noahs day, they lived for hundreds of years. Like I said, read my earlier comments. To answer this question isnt difficult at all. In the creation Report, that is not the case. If you would study the bible and not some sci fi novel then you would understand that for times sake you cant fit every detail of creation into the bible. Adam suggested that the question should be settled by each one bringing an offering. As Darwinism spread throughout Europe, violence was legitimized under the struggle for existence theory. Your interpretation leads to the absurd idea that each male gave birth to only males first. - Some Bible scholars believe Cain and Abel were twins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_figurines We are all literally the same blood,dna, relatives plain and simple n noone seems to want to acknowledge this admit this etc its right there in the bible who else was there besides Adam n eve n their children nobody, I think a lot of things were ommited from the bible to satisfy some peoples theories the truths out there. That voice that tells you right from wrong is your conscience and morality, not Jesus Christ. There was a city in Nod, people had to build it, it didnt just happen and Cain was concerned that someone would kill him, so there were more people around. 2 responses Theres a whole book a dedicated to this one begot that one. Sounds too spiritual I know, but there is a greater reality in God we havent entered into yet. Mesopotamian creation myths, Josephs relationship with Egyptian temple practices and 3 tales of Ur, the birthplace of Abraham. none of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him (Leviticus 18:6). People like myself love and are fascinated by TNaKh and that is why we want to truly understand it using the best of modern science, literary analysis, history and of course archaeology. The Bible doesnt say he was, it just mentions him first. Daughters before Seth are phoney, just as the rest of the traditional exegesis. 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. They are examples, models, typical Exemplars of Their day. In the first chapter, adam is just an appellative name for the entire mankind. 1. As Jesus told the Pharisees. First a couple of internal contradictions in what you wrote: CB, Duh! The Babylonian Talmud teaches that Adam was the man of Genesis one the first man. I do not see where it gives a direct teaching on Adam coming out of the dust, but it does say that we will rise from the dust in the resurrection. Cains blood line ever completely ended. Who would know the meaning of the sign? What do the works from Sumer and Babylon have to say about Cain or Kain? shed my blessing on them ere I die. Humans have been around for about 100,000 years. The preadamites descend from the terrestrial animal by being prepared from them (yes, we call this evolution nowadays) and via his parents Adam is connected with both the (non-human) animals and the preadamites. One of the factors, in addition to the total disregard for the Biblical narrative as a whole, that appears to have been omitted is the time scale. Whomever Cain marries becomes much less important. The sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. and he said unto him: And he was fifteen years old. It is this future world that is the source of the breath of life, existing beyond the limitations of this world, and comprises of both past and future. Vote Up He sends his son Tobias to collect a debt. who he eventually married and Abel was part of a set of triplets You said preadamites, are you a gap-theorist? Adam and Eve. @ dean, But Mahalaleel, when he was grown up, loved separated from them. The more insular a community is, the more prevalent certain diseases will be. Its so difficult to answer this question,but lets be honest that the Bible was written by Gods own prophets whom were filled with the Holy Spirit to pass a short, brief but concise massage. So, Adam and Eve date back about 100,000 years. It does not on its own mean out of nothing. a flood of tears over his face, and gathered together his children and his Cain took a sister for a wife. Thus we need to be able to answer the question concerning Cains wife. Just as the editor/compilers of the Bible had no problem weaving two separate creation stories together they had many other traditions and legends to work with, They wove a story explaining the origin of homicide into the narrative of creation myth, to flood/destruction myth, to renewal and the story of Abraham and his descendents, the Israelites, whose destiny is of course is the primary purpose for the narrative being composed. And, there was no pain. All ancient tribes have their own origin or creation myths. What is being asked in, Who did Cain marry? 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. You do not hold to an evolutionary model? There are about 13 generations missing between Obed and Jesse, even though Obed begat Jesse. A human cant live over 900 years, thats obviously impossible. This is also referred to in Jeremiah 5:22. Eve had cain and azura than abel and awan. Earlier I showed that the male and female of Genesis 1 were the Adam and Eve of Genesis 2-5. This unique marital state once graced the world and, as proposed above, continued to the time of Abraham, after which it ended. Gen. 3:19 until you return (shub) to (el) the ground (adamah), because from (min) it you were taken (laqach), because dust (aphar) you are and to (el) dust (aphar) you will return (shub). Except for dear Noah and family. Not because he 'slept' with her.. Well Always a hot bed of controversy on this site! It isnt the point who tought a flat earth. Report, October 28 2014 It refers to physical life (Job 27:3; Ezekiel 37:4-9; Revelation 11:9-11). Candice Luceylives with her husband and daughters in (mostly) tranquil Salmon Arm, BC, Canada. I will also add that on day six, God created animals which are domesticated, wild animals and creeping animals. These artfully contrived stories do nothing but pull people away from the true teachings of Jesus. Reading any supernatural stuff (fallen angels etc.) Clarify Cain was the son of God. The Bible did not say how the orbits worked. 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