2006-06-06 18:46:42 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This Scriptural passage discusses three from among the first offspring of Adam and Eve. We know that Adam and Even also had other offspring.
(Genesis 5:4) And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.
Clearly, Cain's wife was either a sister or niece of his from among Adam and Eve's other offspring. There is nothing in this passage on which to base the idea that Cain's wife was of a race of mankind different from Adam and Eve. Similarly, there is nothing in this passage on which to base the idea that Cain was of a particular race or that his "sign" was anything more than a public proclamation by God.
Since all of mankind was wiped out by the Noachian flood, none of the names in Genesis chapter 4 can relate to post-flood nations.
2006-06-07 08:22:06 · answer #1 · answered by achtung_heiss 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
There isn't any historical context to the story per se, other than when it was penned - roughly 700 BCE. Genesis is a compilation of pre-existing myths and legends as interpreted by Judeans.
2006-06-07 01:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by lenny 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A dividing point between the sons of God who lived in the mountains and the sons of men who dwell in the plains.
2006-06-07 01:59:51 · answer #3 · answered by Jason K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First recorded murder, and possibly the "mark" referred to was the beginning of a new race of people.
2006-06-07 01:50:06 · answer #4 · answered by sweetie_baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋