Genesis 4:15
And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
2006-09-09 07:21:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
because Cain was not a worthy sacrifice, and neither were his vegetables
2006-09-09 07:29:58 · answer #1 · answered by ! 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God put the mark there to warn others not to kill Cain. Whoever were to kill Cain would incur seven times the punishment Cain got.
2006-09-09 07:25:40 · answer #2 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God wanted Cain to live with the shame of killing his brother, Abel. Anyone who was to kill Cain would be suffer a death seven times worse than that of Cain's
2006-09-09 07:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by jaspers mom 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sara, don't take it literally, Its just a myth like many others. Supposedly Cain was the father of the black race; the mark of Cain was a black skin. Nonsense. The "mark" did not stop others from trying to annihilate them down thru the years, however. Shows one can pick and choose just what to believe in the "good" book. The Bible has been used for eons as a rationale for slavery and for keeping women "in their place." Sorry if you choose to buy into it.
2006-09-09 07:30:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
God put the mark of black skin on Cain as a punishment for killing his brother
don't listen to ppl like september song (one of the other ppl that answered you question God is not a myth if u don't buy into it u r risking everlasting life IN HELL!!!! God dosn;t want that for u or anybody
if ppl tried to kill blacks throughout the years those ppl unless they repented and found God they r or will be in HELL, the worst punisment that can be given to anybody
2006-09-09 07:39:44 · answer #5 · answered by vusateam07 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to prevent vigilanteism, revenge agaisnt killing his brother
there is no description of the mark of Cain and furthermore no reason to believe is was hereditary and should not be ethnically associated as there is no Biblical warrent for that
and pssst!! i wonder if it was a reminder for Cain to of what he did to Abel so that he would live more repentant life and turn to God... the whole issue was of jealosy beause God favored Abel's sacrifice over Cain's, Abel being a righteous man in God's sight
2006-09-09 07:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm uncertain the style you get up with that. There incredibly isn't any connection indoors the bible to coach that the mark for Cain replace into truthfully the mark of the Beast. thinking the mark for Cain replace into so as that persons does not kill him.
2016-11-06 23:46:56 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To let people know if they tried to kill him they would be punished a lot more times then Cain was.
2006-09-09 07:26:36 · answer #8 · answered by Da Great 1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As punishment for murdering his brother Abel. He set the mark upon him so that others would know who he was. God did not want him killed but instead wanted him to live as a pariah.
2006-09-09 07:27:05 · answer #9 · answered by Albannach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So that the people at that time could distinguish that Cain was the man who killed his brother out of jealously, and be aware.
2006-09-09 08:00:37 · answer #10 · answered by ImAssyrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To protect Cain from certain death for killing his brother. It was to be a punishment that he would live in constant fear for what he did and have to work that much harder for his act.
2006-09-09 07:25:16 · answer #11 · answered by ramall1to 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋