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1 | genes, we all came from one blood line? | Gen 4:17 | holyprophecies | 121961 | ||
was it incest in the early stages of the world, and was it vot a sin? Is it ok to sleep with a family member now? | ||||||
2 | genes, we all came from one blood line? | Gen 4:17 | kalos | 121962 | ||
Where did Cain get his wife? ____________________ "The law forbidding marriage between close relatives was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18-20)." ____________________ [Numbers in brackets (e.g. [1], [2], [3]) are footnote references. To read the footnotes and the entire article, go to (http://christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c004.html)] 'If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had to have married sisters or there would be no more generations! 'We are not told when Cain married or any of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that some brothers had to marry their sisters at the beginning of human history. 'But what about God's Laws? 'Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve's sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister intermarriage. Some say that you cannot marry your relation. Actually, if you don't marry your relation, you don't marry a human! A wife is related to her husband even before they marry because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve -- all are of "one blood." The law forbidding marriage between close relatives was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18-20). Provided marriage was one man to one woman for life (based on Genesis 1 and 2), there was no disobedience to God's law originally when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other. 'Remember that Abraham married his half-sister (Genesis 20:12). God blessed this union to produce the Hebrew people through Isaac and Jacob. It was not until some 400 years later that God gave Moses laws that forbade such marriages. ------------- (...) 'Conclusion 'Many Christians cannot answer the question about Cain's wife because they focus on today's world (and the problems associated with close relations marrying), and do not understand the clear historical record God has given to us. 'They try to interpret Genesis from our present situation, rather than understand the true biblical history of the world and the changes that have occurred because of sin. Because they are not building their world view on Scripture, but taking a secular way of thinking to the Bible, they are blinded to the simple answers. 'Genesis is the record of the God who was there as history happened. It is the word of One who knows everything, and who is a reliable witness from the past. Thus, when we use Genesis as a basis for understanding history, we can make sense of questions that would otherwise be a mystery' (http://christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c004.html) ------------- Read more about Cain at (http://christiananswers.net/q-aig/aig-c004.html) |
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