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AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Subject: who did cain marry? |
Bible Note: Here is another option to consider: Let's look at Genesis in a little bit different order than it is written. After God confronted Cain about his brother, God banished Cain to the Land of Nod (which means Land of Wandering - Nomadic living). Cain was terrified of this punishment and in Genesis 4:14, Cain states that whoever finds me will kill me (whoever as in man, not whatever as in animal). To that, in Genesis 4:15, 15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so[5] ; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him Again, God is protecting Cain from people, not animals. Now, with that understanding that other people did exist in the world, by the time Cain was banished from Eden, is it possible that what Genesis is saying is that Adam and Eve are the first people God made, but not the only people God made. If that is the case, Cain had plenty of opportunity to meet and marry a non-relative. |