Where did all the other people come from? Cain left and met a wife where did she come from? Did God go make people elsewhere and which He did not say in the Bible.
@Julia,
One thing I've started to realize after going to an awesome Bible study is that the Bible doesn't tell of every single thing that happened, day by day, year by year, every single incident. So WHEN did Cain speak of these people? WHEN did Cain kill Abel? And WHAT happened in between that time? As we all know, the life span of people in those days were much longer than ours. For all we know, Cain could have killed Abel when he was 90 years old or 200 years old for all we know. I also noticed that I did not see any time span between when Eve had the two. I only see that she begat Cain and that she again bare his brother Abel. Could they have been the ONLY ones she conceived at that time or just the first 2 sons?... I notice that in the Bible it is common to note the men/sons who were born, but not so much the daughters. So who is to say that there were no daughters born to Adam and Eve during the time of Cain and Abel's life? Could they have had families as well? This is just my little brain at work. I won't spend forever trying to come up with an answer I know I won't be able to answer alone without God's understanding, but that is just my little piece of the thread.
I just have a question and would really appreciate answers (if anyone has got it), Cain talked about getting killed after punishment had been pronounced on him; if he was the first born of Adam and had just killed the second other human aside from his parents, who were the people he spoke of?
@Silent,
I disagree with you; God actually did the first skinning/killing. As soon as Adam and Eve were kicked out, God found clothes for them, made of animal skin.
Very good comments here, I see some people think like I do, regarding the difference in the fact that:
1. God created man with a snap of his finger, and
2. God created man from dust and breathed life into him.
Someone has also pointed out that God conspicuously placed man in the Garden to work.
Finally someone who thinks mostly like me and really studies the Bible too! I have been studying Genesis nonstop for months now! Praying God for understanding in the spirit. Jane I would love to keep in touch. I know God had to lead me to you!
OYELADE EZEKIEL OLAOLUWA on Genesis 4:17 - 11 years ago
Only God knows this. The word of God is mystery, we only know what he reveals, what is hid we don�t know. But the fact remains that, God will never compromise with his standard, whatever he command, let�s cling to it because heaven is real and hell fire is real too. We will not miss it, in Jesus� name. Amen.
If I understand the bible correctly, it looks like Cain committed the first murder in human history. God must have been really angry. Too bad he didn't do anything about it. Maybe we could have avoided World War One and two.
Did you notice that Cain's sin of murder wasn't considered by God to be a capital offense? He did not execute Cain for his crime but punished him with life without rest.
In Genesis 1:28, God made them Male and female and sent them out to replenish the earth. I think this is the humnoids that science talks about being the forerunners of man. In chapter 2 he makes Adam (and breaths in to him and he become a "living soul" and places him in the garden to dress it (to go forth and replenish the earth) and he makes Eve from Adam (so she has a soul also). I think Cain married one of the descendants of the people that God first made that did not have a soul like animals don't have a soul.
Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. A keeper of sheep only watches over the sheep but tiller of the ground has to work the ground to make the fruit grow. A keeper of sheep in the Bible represents a man who has faith in God so his offering was that of faith. Cain on the other hand was a tiller of the ground which means a man of the flesh who followed the law therefore making him a sinner. That's way his offering was rejected, it was the works of his hands and not of faith.
@Sean,
Wrong, the 6th and 7th day were only 24 hour days (used in conjunction with morning and evening and number). The Hebrew word 'yom' when used with morning and evening always refers to a 24 hour day. Do you think the plants waited thousands of years for the animals to give them CO2 and fertilize them? Take the Word literally, no need for a guru to explain it.
Why interpret the 6th and 7th day as a thousand years each, when God used these in conjunction with 'evening and morning'? To misinterpret this is to misunderstand creation and the Sabbath. God did not give us the time of a day in heaven yet (in Genesis) for a reason. Did the plants wait around thousands of years for the animals to come around and bring CO2 and fertilize them?
Cain�s offering was rejected because it took blood to atone for sin. He had no revelation from God because he wanted his own way about how God should be worshiped. Adam and Eve did it the right way.
Oops! I meant to write "If a day with God is 1,000 years" as is written in 2 Peter 3:8 and in Psalms 90. So, the 6th day and the 7th day would cover 2,000 years. Sorry!
I saw a question," where did Cain get a wife?" God created mankind...all the races on the 6th day. If a day to God is 2,000 years, then there was at least 2,000 years worth of people walking the earth by the time God made Adam, which was AFTER the 7th day.
@ Aggie, 1 John 3:12 states ��Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.�� This simply mean Cain�s heart was basically wicked and the problem with his sacrifice was just an expression of his wicked heart.
And you and I know that God looks at the heart, and makes no exception of person ( Deuteronomy 10 :17, Acts 10 :34-35).
God bless you.
Why no explanation as to why his offering was not pleasing? It would have more sense to elaborate on why. I am not seeking man's reasoning as to why, so don't bother hypothesizing.
Who was Cain�s wife? The Bible only mentions Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel no other women than Eve, I would really like help with this? Thank you very much.
"Where is Abel thy brother?" God asks Cain. Now, any scoffer will look at this verse and say; "If God really IS all-knowing then why is he asking Cain a question if he should already know the answer?" Well its very simple; God IS all-knowing so he will not ask a question when he knows the answer. He asked Cain that question to test his honesty! Then Cain says he doesn't know. So he just lied to God, which is a VERY BIG mistake!
How do you know Cain? �Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid�� Cain went out from the presence of the LORD. He knew his wife, and she conceived and bare Enoch. Cain built a city and called it after his son: Enoch. How do you know if you are in the city Cain built? Do you see the face of the LORD? Is his face hid from the people there? Do they want you to hide the face of the LORD if you come to work or dwell in their city? If in such a city, the seed of the Lord are not to slay Cain; but, beware, the seed of Cain may slay the righteous seed; for the seed of Cain are hid from the face of the Lord and they hate to see the Lord in the face of His seed.
One thing I've started to realize after going to an awesome Bible study is that the Bible doesn't tell of every single thing that happened, day by day, year by year, every single incident. So WHEN did Cain speak of these people? WHEN did Cain kill Abel? And WHAT happened in between that time? As we all know, the life span of people in those days were much longer than ours. For all we know, Cain could have killed Abel when he was 90 years old or 200 years old for all we know. I also noticed that I did not see any time span between when Eve had the two. I only see that she begat Cain and that she again bare his brother Abel. Could they have been the ONLY ones she conceived at that time or just the first 2 sons?... I notice that in the Bible it is common to note the men/sons who were born, but not so much the daughters. So who is to say that there were no daughters born to Adam and Eve during the time of Cain and Abel's life? Could they have had families as well? This is just my little brain at work. I won't spend forever trying to come up with an answer I know I won't be able to answer alone without God's understanding, but that is just my little piece of the thread.
I disagree with you; God actually did the first skinning/killing. As soon as Adam and Eve were kicked out, God found clothes for them, made of animal skin.
1. God created man with a snap of his finger, and
2. God created man from dust and breathed life into him.
Someone has also pointed out that God conspicuously placed man in the Garden to work.
I gave the scripture. I teach, I don't bicker. God bless you in your studies.
Wrong, the 6th and 7th day were only 24 hour days (used in conjunction with morning and evening and number). The Hebrew word 'yom' when used with morning and evening always refers to a 24 hour day. Do you think the plants waited thousands of years for the animals to give them CO2 and fertilize them? Take the Word literally, no need for a guru to explain it.
1 John 3:12 states ��Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.�� This simply mean Cain�s heart was basically wicked and the problem with his sacrifice was just an expression of his wicked heart.
And you and I know that God looks at the heart, and makes no exception of person ( Deuteronomy 10 :17, Acts 10 :34-35).
God bless you.