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- The only logical answer to the question “Where did Cain get his wife?” is that he married one of his many sisters. Centuries later in Moses’ day, God made a law forbidding marriage between close relatives (see Leviticus 18), but such a marriage was not illegal at the time Cain lived.
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Feb 24, 2024 · 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. According to this reasoning, Cain would have married his sister—one of Abel’s twin sisters no less, according to the Genesis Rabbah.
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First, let’s read the actual words of Genesis 4:16–17, which The Golden Children’s Bibleattempted to paraphrase: The Bibledoes not say that Cain went to Nod and later found a wife there. Rather, the implication in Scripture is that he already had a wife when he went to Nod. The event that took place in Nod was that he “knew” his wife—had sexual rel...
The immediate reaction to Cain marrying his sister or niece is often shock or disgust. Today, marrying close relations is called incest. However, approximately 6,000 years ago Goddid not forbid marriage between close relatives. Why? Adam and Eve were created perfect. It wasn’t until after the Fall that suffering and death affected mankind and every...
I have often heard Christians say that it doesn’t matter whether Genesis presents true history, such as the marriage of Cain. Creation is a side issue, it’s not a primary doctrine, and the most important thing is to “trust in Jesus.” While I agree wholeheartedly that the gospel is our central message, people must depend on the Bible to know what th...
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As far as the account of Cain's finding a wife when no other people were mentioned except Adam, Eve, and Abel, we can make the following observations: 1. The problem of the identity of Cain's wife cannot be solved by arguing for some race of Pre-Adamic humans.
Feb 28, 2019 · Who did Cain marry? In the Bible, all the people on earth at that time were directly descended from Adam and Eve. Where, then, did Cain find his wife? Only one conclusion is possible. Cain married his sister, niece, or great niece.
While some argue that Cain may have married other "beings" or God may have created more humans, the simpler explanation is that Cain married one of his sisters. But isn't it against the law to marry one's siblings?
Apr 7, 2022 · The Bible does not provide the name of Cain’s wife. Neither does it provide any other information about her. The single reference to her existence is found in Genesis 4:17 — Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch.
Aug 18, 2015 · The answer is found in the curse placed on the Earth because of Adam's sin. God's instructions to Adam and Woman were given while both lived in the Garden and before they had fallen into a state of sin. At that time, Adam existed as he had been created: he was perfect. His body contained no defects.
