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NASB | John 21:21 So Peter seeing him *said to Jesus, "Lord, and what about this man?" |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | John 21:21 So when Peter saw him, he asked Jesus, "Lord, and what about this man [what is in his future]?" |
Subject: Who was Cain's wife? |
Bible Note: Dear Miss Prosperousone, the frequency with which the question about Cain's wife has been asked has led some of us older users to treat it lightly -- too lightly in my view for a babe in the Lord who, like your sister, is searching the Scriptures for perhaps the very first time. It is often difficult to discern whether a question is posed in earnest or is merely a trick question designed to cast doubts upon or ridicule Holy Writ, or to trip up the users of the forum...... There are any number of questions to which Scripture provides no definitive answers or no answers of any kind. The Cain's wife question falls into this category in that Scripture gives no details of her identity beyond this: "Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and bore Enoch." (Gen. 4:17). The Bible does make clear, however, that we are all of us descendents of Adam and Eve, and that would include Cain and Cain's wife. I trust that both you and your sister have not and will not draw the inference that this forum is populated by a coterie of wise-acres who habitually treat the Scriptures with flippancy and disrespect. I believe your sense of humor in saying that "Sugar Cain" struck you as being "really cute" is ample evidence that you saw the remarks as an attempt at humor and not ridicule or sacrilege. Best wishes to you and to your sister, a fresh, new-born child of the King, and it is my prayer that she continues to abide and grow in the Lord. --Hank |