how old was cain when he killed able?

Question

how old was he went out of eden

Answer 1

There is no concrete evidence of their age.
If you're trying to find out how the land of Nod could exist the best answer is Genesis 4:3
"<> that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord." (KJV)

I emphasized "And in process of time it came to pass" because this is the one loophole that Christians could use to explain Nod, although they're usually too busy to take notice of it.

As an atheist/agnostic (still undecided), I was hung up on this land of Nod thing until I realized that no specific time periods are really mentioned up to this point in Genesis. It does not say that God stopped making humans after he created Adam and Eve. Since he is the alpha and the omega, he could have created the land of Nod on the fly. So there will never be any real argument supporting it either way, imho.

A better question to ask is: Why accept Abel's offering and not Cain's? It seems that at the time perhaps people thought more of shepherds than of farmers or perhaps Genesis 4:7 is saying that God knew what Cain was about to do, so he punished him both before and after his sin, which makes no sense, reeks of "Minority Report" issues.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

don't know exactly

cain was never in eden, His parents were made to leave it before cain was born

he seemed to be unmarried and there was no mention of Seth yet who was born when Adam was like 147

Answer 3

Since he was able to kill Abel, he was old enough to know better. When he left his parents (they had long been out of Eden) he must've been old enough to survive on his own.

Answer 4

it never said so. cain and abEL was never in eden cuz adam and eve got kicked out when they ate the apple that they were instructed not to eat.

Answer 5

If not so sure but it seems as though they were about teenagers ( in between 13-15) according to all the previous background. For instance , we kno they weren't grown ups

Answer 6

13 i think