NinaMMitchell said:
In Genesis, it says that after Cain killed Able, God sent him away, and Cain was worried that the people in other lands would know what he did and kill him. But God said if anyone killed him, He would punish them far more than He's punishing Abel. My question is, since Cain is the son of the first two people created, Adam and Eve, where did all these other people come from that Cain was worried were going to kill him? I'm not trying to be sarcastic or disprove the Bible, I'm seriously curious.
Simple...Adam and Eve were not the first people on earth.....
Where Did Cain Find His Wife?
This study is written by Maurice Wright
In this study of ‘creation,’ it will be brought forth and documented scripturally that God created other people on earth prior to His creation of Adam and Eve. The question that you shall ask is, what was the purpose for two separate creations? The purpose for the creation of the sixth-day man and woman was for them to be the people that God chose to populate the inhabitable world. The purpose for the creation of Adam and Eve on the eighth day was for them to be the two people chosen by God to bring forth the seed line that Jesus would be born through. Does God’s word declare this? You bet it does. I invite all sincere seekers of truth to take this journey with me into the scriptures, and decide for yourself what the word of God really say about the two creations.
The most popular theory of creation that is taught in most denominations today is that the human race originated from two people: Adam and Eve. Their explanation for this belief is that over the course of time, gradual changes in the facial features and the skin color of every ethnic group, slowly began to change genetically from generation to generation into the multitude of peoples called the human race. In order for that belief to stand then, they would also have to concede that this type of ethnological change in the development of peoples should still be accruing today, but it’s not.
It would seem that some Christian preachers cannot read the scripture with understanding because their theory of creation is almost as ridiculous then the Darwinian theory of evolution. Both theories are wrong. The basic flaw with the theory that most Christians embrace is that it is unnatural and genetically impossible for all peoples of the world to originate from two. Our Father, the creator of all things, did not create His children unnaturally in a way that would break the genetic laws and principles that He spoke into existence. In fact, when God created Eve, He demonstrated His creative genius to operate within the principles of His own laws. In that creation, God removed from Adam not the ‘Old Rib Bone’ as many foolishly teach, but the Hebrew manuscripts say that God removed from Adam, the genetic curve and made Eve. The Deoxyribonucleic Acid, is the scientific name for the DNA double Helix. This area of biology is where cell replication takes place. We will discuss the double helix later in this study, for now, let’s go directly to the book of Genesis and read, with understanding, God’s creative excellence when He spoke life into existence.
Genesis 1:20-And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowls that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
The fish of the sea and the fowl of the air were the first forms of life that God created in this earth age. Both were taken from out of the waters. However, there is a comparison to be made that distinguishes this creation from the one recorded in Genesis 2:18-19. In the creation that is recorded in Genesis 1:20-23, the scripture tells us that God created the fowls of the air from the water of the sea. In the creation that is recorded in Genesis 2:18-19 the scripture tells that God created the fowls of the air from the ground in Eden.
Genesis 2:19-And out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field, and every fowl of the air; and brought them unto Adam to see what he would them: and whatsoever Adam called every living creature, that was the name thereof.
The traditionalist would like you to believe that this description of creation in Genesis 2:19 is a recount of the creation recorded in Genesis 1:20. If their theory were true, why did God reverse the order of the two creations? On the fifth day God created the fishes, the fowls, and the animals, before He created the first male and female on the sixth day (Genesis 1:20-23 & Genesis 1:26-31). On the eighth day of creation God reversed the order, in that creation He created Adam first and then He formed the fowls, and the animals (Genesis 2:18-19). The most glaring distinction between the two creations is the order in which Eve was created. The first male and female were created at the same time (Genesis 1:27). Adam and Eve were created separately Genesis 2:5-8 & Genesis 2:20-25.
Where Did Cain Find His Wife?
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Genesis 1:21-And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
The word ‘kind’ in Hebrew means, "species." (Strong’s #4327)
In the verse above, we observe once again obvious distinctions between the two creations. In the recorded account of creation in Genesis 1:21, the scripture tells us that God created, from out the of seas of the world, all the different species of marine life after their own kind. In the recorded account of creation in Genesis 2:19 you won’t find any species of fish, or great whales for that matter, mentioned anywhere in that creation because there were no seas in Eden but only a river that flowed through it to water the garden of God (Genesis 2:10-14).
Genesis 1:22-And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
The word ‘seas’ used in the plural means, the water that covers the oceans of the world, thus, this description of the water above obviously can’t apply to one river in Eden (Genesis 1:9-10).
Genesis 1:23-And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Here, we have the close of day five, we now read about the beginning of day six.
Genesis 1:26-And God said, Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Here, we have the first account of human life created on the sixth day (Genesis 1:26-31). God gave them dominion and authority over the fish of the seas, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth. Adam was never given that vast authority over all the earth. In fact, when Adam was created, God separated him from the other people of the world, and placed him in the garden of Eden to dress it and keep it (Genesis 2:8 & Genesis 2:15).
Genesis 1:27-So God created ‘man’ in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
The word ‘man’ in Hebrew is, ‘Adam.’ It means, "a human being (an individual or the species mankind." (Strong’s #120)
Recorded in the Bible are five Hebrew words that translate to Man. In each occurrence, the Adam that is being addressed must be distinguished. Most people conclude that the biblical definition for Adam is exclusive to mean one man but it also means mankind in general and includes the male gender ‘Iysh’ and the female gender ‘Ishshah.’ For this reason God named the sixth day male and female Adam to include mankind, Eve was never named by God (Genesis 3:20).