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| 1 | what was the mark of cain? | Gen 4:15 | tgallagher777 | 141075 | ||
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| 2 | what was the mark of cain? | Gen 4:15 | greentwiga | 141091 | ||
| We don't really know what the mark of Cain was from the Bible. We do know its effect. it was a mark that prevented people from killing him. This could be in two forms. Some people were marked with a slave mark. People could not hold the slave responsible for some things, but the master. The mark might have been a sign of ownership. In the Bible, a mark of ownership was to have ones ear pierced. A sign of belonging to God was circumcision. Back then, If a man committed murder, any family member of the murdered man could kill the murderer. This was the avenger of blood mentioned in the Old Testament. Another type of mark was a blemish. A blemished sheep was an unacceptable sacrifice. Back then, people would sacrifice other people to ensure fertility of the soil. The burning of children to Baal and the sacrifice of the daughter in Judges are later examples of this when the practice was disappearing. Cain's mark might have been a blemish to make him an unacceptable sacrifice in the unbeliever's (in the true God) eyes. Therefore, the mark could be either, depending on what you think might be the reason others would want to kill Cain. The mark might even have served both purposes. Greentwiga |
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