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- So the question is, “Where did Cain’s wife come from since scripture does not mention any other children of Adam and Eve?” The answer is found in three facts: 1) Scripture does not record the name of all of Adam and Eve’s children. 2) There can be long periods of time elapse between the children mentioned in scripture. 3) Cain married his sister.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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.
Who was Cain’s wife? The Bible reports only that after killing Abel, “Cain went away from the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch” (Genesis 4:16–17).
There were no women for Cain to marry. There was only Adam, Eve (Genesis 4:1), and his dead brother Abel (Genesis 4:8). Yet the Bible says Cain married and had children.
