Cain's wife????

[Dave Slayer]

From: http://www.gotquestions.org/Cains-wife.html

The Bible does not specifically say who Cain’s wife was. The only possible answer was that Cain's wife was his sister or niece or great-niece, etc. The Bible does not say how old Cain was when he killed Abel (Genesis 4:8). Since they were both farmers, they were likely both full-grown adults, possibly with families of their own. Adam and Eve had surely had more children than just Cain and Abel at the time Abel was killed - they definitely had many more children later (Genesis 5:4). The fact that Cain was scared for his own life after he killed Abel (Genesis 4:14) indicates that there were likely many other children and perhaps even grandchildren or great-grandchildren of Adam and Eve at that time. Cain's wife (Genesis 4:17) was a daughter or granddaughter of Adam and Eve.

Since Adam and Eve were the first (and only) human beings, their children would have no other choice than to intermarry. God did not forbid inter-family marriage until much later when there was enough people that intermarriage was not necessary (Leviticus 18:6-18). The reason that incest often results in genetic abnormalities in children is that when two people of similar genetics (i.e. a brother and sister) have children – genetic defects are far more likely to result because both parents had the same defects themselves. When people from different families have children – it is highly unlikely that both parents will have the same genetic defects. The human genetic code has become increasingly “polluted†over the centuries as genetic defects are multiplied, amplified, and passed down from generation to generation. Adam and Eve did not have any genetic defects, so that enabled them and the first few generations of their descendants to have a far greater quality of health than we do now. Adam and Eve’s children had few, if any, genetic defects. As a result, it was safe for them to intermarry. It may seem strange or even disgusting to think of Cain's wife being his sister. In the beginning, since God started with one man and one woman, the second generation would have no choice but to intermarry amongst themselves.

Are you saying that Cain was hill folk?

I don't know what "hill folk" is. But, if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

 

[researcher]

if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

That there were other people.

 

[John]

if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

That there were other people.

Which contradicts scripture unless we impose.

Why is it hard to accept the marrying of the sister/relative?

 

[Dave Slayer]

if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

That there were other people.

And where did these "other people" offspring from? Someone other than Adam and Eve? There is no Biblical support for that.

I know in our modern day culture incest seems weird and gross. However, things were not the same in the begnning as they are now. I feel that many make the mistake in assuming so.

 

[researcher]

if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

That there were other people.

And where did these "other people" offspring from? Someone other than Adam and Eve? There is no Biblical support for that.

It's a parable

Gen 2:8 And Jehovah God planted a garden eastward, in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree

Jdg 9:8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us.
Jdg 9:9 But the olive-tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?
Jdg 9:10 And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come thou, and reign over us.

The trees were people

 

[researcher]

if Cain didn't marry one of his sisters or cousins, what is the alternative?

That there were other people.

Which contradicts scripture unless we impose.

Why is it hard to accept the marrying of the sister/relative?

It's not difficult to accept. Lol. :D

Once people grow up (as in, they begin wondering what or how) and start looking, they find what the truth is.

Cain could have married his sister, but it won't change the fact that there were other people.

 

[John]

Wrong assumptions yield wrong results. The scriptures come from different books of the Bible, what makes you think they have anything in common as you said?

The scriptures in Gen are talking about creation events not people.

Also what Bible are you using? just out of curiosity.

 

[Dave Slayer]

Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

 

[John]

It's not difficult to accept. Lol. :D

Ok, just making sure we are the same page

Once people grow up (as in, they begin wondering what or how) and start looking, they find what the truth is.

Yep, i do it all the time.

Cain could have married his sister, but it won't change the fact that there were other people.

There was other people indeed, but i disagree that there was other people around at the same time as Adam and eve. A creation event like that (other people) should be more profound in the scripture in my honest opinion, we should not have to impose.

 

[John]

Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Did you just go out and take that picture Dave? :rolling

 

[Dave Slayer]

There were other people.....that were Adam and Eve's offspring. Cain would have had to marry someone that offspringed from Adam and Eve. There is no Biblical evicence to the contrary. If there is, please share it with us.

 

[Dave Slayer]

Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Did you just go out and take that picture Dave? :rolling

Nope, I actaully had it.

Been married to this tree for a year now.

 

[researcher]

Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Mat 3:10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

In actuality, you should already be married to a tree -

Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit:

 

[Dave Slayer]

Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Mat 3:10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

In actuality, you should already be married to a tree -

Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit:

The whole parable of the trees bearing good or bad fruit has nothing to do with marrying trees literally. Are you married to a tree? If so, what is her name? Is she "Mrs. Ashley"? "Mrs. Oakley" "Mrs. Mapleton"? Perhaps, Mrs. Piney?

 

[John]

Lets just say that there was another creation event with people, they would have to have been made after Adam and Eve can we agree on that?

 

[John]

The whole parable of the trees bearing good or bad fruit has nothing to do with marrying trees literally. Are you married to a tree? If so, what is her name? Is she "Mrs. Ashley"? "Mrs. Oakley" "Mrs. Mapleton"? Perhaps, Mrs. Piney?

Ash

:rolling

 

[researcher]

Cain could have married his sister, but it won't change the fact that there were other people.

There was other people indeed, but i disagree that there was other people around at the same time as Adam and eve. A creation event like that (other people) should be more profound in the scripture in my honest opinion, we should not have to impose.

If the Bible was a history book of the world, it would have a history of the Chinese included (not to mention everyone else)

It's a history book of the people who came from Adam, i.e., Seth, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Israel, the prophets, and finally Jesus and the apostles.

 

[researcher]

[quote="Dave Slayer":schqa1qc]Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Mat 3:10 And even now the axe lieth at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

In actuality, you should already be married to a tree -

Joh 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same beareth much fruit:

The whole parable of the trees bearing good or bad fruit has nothing to do with marrying trees literally. Are you married to a tree? If so, what is her name? Is she "Mrs. Ashley"? "Mrs. Oakley" "Mrs. Mapleton"? Perhaps, Mrs. Piney?[/quote:schqa1qc]

God is the same forever. He spoke in parables from the beginning, and, when the Son showed up, he spoke in parables also, true to form.

Eze 31:8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; the fir-trees were not like its boughs, and the plane-trees were not as its branches; nor was any tree in the garden of God like unto it in its beauty.

Gen 49:22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall:

 

[John]

If the Bible was a history book of the world, it would have a history of the Chinese included (not to mention everyone else)

It's a history book of the people who came from Adam, i.e., Seth, Noah, Shem, Abraham, Israel, the prophets, and finally Jesus and the apostles.

But the Bible says we all came from Adam and his descendants. "for in Adam all die" so these other people who did not descend from Adam would have missed the judgment or they had sinned and went against God also, but then that would contradict scripture.

 

[Adullam]

[quote="Dave Slayer":2fz4mwsk]Trees were people? Cain married a tree? In that case, I shall marry a tree.

Did you just go out and take that picture Dave? :rolling

Nope, I actaully had it.

Been married to this tree for a year now. [/quote:2fz4mwsk]

Wood you marry me?