Christians... Accordance with Bible? Cain’s wife—who was she?

Question

If there was no human being on earth but Adam,Eve and their 2 sons... Where did Jesus go? Its like a gap in the Bible...
[Bible passage, Genesis 4:1–5:5]

Answer 1

In Genesis 5:4 a statement sums up the life of Adam and Eve -- "And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were 800 yrs. And he fathered sons and daughters." This does not say when they were born. Many could have been born in the 130 years (Genesis 5:3) before Seth was born.

During their lives, Adam and Eve had a number of male and female children.The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve. However, considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years -- Genesis 5:5), it would seem reasonable to suggest there were many! Remember, They were commanded to "Be fruitful, and multiply" (Genesis 1:28).

We are not told when Cain married or any of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that some brothers had to marry their sisters at the beginning of human history.

Many people immediately reject the conclusion that Adam and Eve's sons and daughters married each other by appealing to the law against brother-sister intermarriage. Some say that you cannot marry your relation. Actually, if you don't marry your relation, you don't marry a human! A wife is related to her husband even before they marry because all people are descendants of Adam and Eve — all are of "one blood." The law forbidding marriage between close relatives was not given until the time of Moses (Leviticus 18-20). Provided marriage was one man to one woman for life (based on Genesis 1 and 2), there was no disobedience to God's law originally when close relatives (even brothers and sisters) married each other.

Remember that Abraham married his half-sister (Genesis 20:12). God blessed this union to produce the Hebrew people through Isaac and Jacob. It was not until some 400 years later that God gave Moses laws that forbade such marriages.

Some claim that the passage in Genesis 4:16-17 means that Cain went to the land of Nod and found a wife. Thus, they can conclude there must have been another race of people on the earth, who were not descendants of Adam, who produced Cain's wife. "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bore Enoch: and he built a city, and he called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch."

From what has been stated previously, it is clear that all humans, Cain's wife included, are descendants of Adam. However, this passage does not say that Cain went to the land of Nod and found a wife. John Calvin, commenting on these verses, states: 'From the context we may gather that Cain, before he slew his brother, had married a wife; otherwise Moses would now have related something respecting his marriage.'

Cain was married before he went to the land of Nod. He didn't find a wife there, but "knew" (had sexual relations with) his wife.

Others have argued that because Cain built a "city" in the land of Nod, there must have been a lot of people there. However, the Hebrew word translated as "city" need not mean what we might imagine from the connotations of "city" today. The word meant a "walled town" or a protected encampment.[15] Even a hundred people would be plenty for such a "city." Nevertheless, there could have been many descendants of Adam on the earth by the time of Abel's death.

Some claim that there had to be lots of people on earth other than Adam and Eve's descendants, otherwise Cain would not have been fearful of people wanting to slay him for killing Abel.

First of all, in the days before civil government was instituted to punish murderers (Genesis 9:6), someone would want to harm Cain for killing Abel only if they were closely related to Abel! Strangers could hardly have cared. So the people Cain was afraid of could not have been another race of people.

Second, Cain and Abel were born quite some time before Abel's death. Genesis 4:3 states: "And in the course of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering to the Lord."

Note the phrase "in the course of time." We know that Seth was born when Adam was 130 years old (Genesis 5:3), and Eve saw him as a "replacement" for Abel (Genesis 4:25). Therefore, the period from Cain's birth to Abel's death may have been 100 years or more -- allowing plenty of time for other children of Adam and Eve to marry and have children and grandchildren. By the time Abel was killed, there could well have been a considerable number of descendants of Adam and Eve, involving several generations.

Some claim that for Cain to go to the land of Nod and build a city he would have required a lot of technology that must have already been in that land, presumably developed by other "races."

However, Adam and Eve's descendants were very intelligent people. Jubal made musical instruments such as the harp and organ (Genesis 4:21), and Tubal-Cain worked with brass and iron (Genesis 4:22).

Because of intense evolutionary indoctrination, many people today think that our generation is the most intelligent that has ever lived on this planet. But just because we have jet airplanes and computers, it does not mean that we are the most intelligent. Modern technology results from the accumulation of knowledge. We stand on the shoulders of those who have gone before us.

Our brains have suffered from 6,000 years of the Curse (since Adam). We are greatly degenerated compared with people many generations ago. We may now be nowhere near as intelligent or inventive as Adam and Eve's children. Scripture gives us a glimpse of what appears to be great inventiveness from the beginning.

CONCLUSION

Many Christians cannot answer the question about Cain's wife because they focus on today's world (and the problems associated with close relations marrying), and do not understand the clear historical record God has given to us.

They try to interpret Genesis from our present situation, rather than understand the true biblical history of the world and the changes that have occurred because of sin. Because they are not building their world view on Scripture, but taking a secular way of thinking to the Bible, they are blinded to the simple answers.

Genesis is the record of the God who was there as history happened. It is the word of One who knows everything, and who is a reliable witness from the past. Thus, when we use Genesis as a basis for understanding history, we can make sense of questions that would otherwise be a mystery.

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Answer 2

There's no "gap"

Cain was the first child of Adam and Eve recorded in Scripture (Genesis 4:1). His brothers, Abel (Genesis 4:2) and Seth (Genesis 4:25), were part of the first generation of children ever born on this Earth.

Even though only these three males are mentioned by name, Adam and Eve had other children. In Genesis 5:4 a statement sums up the life of Adam and Eve—‘And the days of Adam after he had fathered Seth were eight hundred years. And he fathered sons and daughters.’ This does not say when they were born. Many could have been born in the 130 years (Genesis 5:3) before Seth was born.

During their lives, Adam and Eve had a number of male and female children. The Jewish historian Josephus wrote that, ‘The number of Adam’s children, as says the old tradition, was thirty-three sons and twenty-three daughters.’11

The Bible does not tell us how many children were born to Adam and Eve. However, considering their long life spans (Adam lived for 930 years—Genesis 5:5), it would seem reasonable to suggest there were many! Remember, they were commanded to ‘Be fruitful, and multiply’ (Genesis 1:28).

If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extra-Biblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had to have married sisters or there would be no more generations!

We are not told when Cain married or any of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that some brothers had to marry their sisters at the beginning of human history.

Answer 3

The Book of Jasher, chapter 1 verse 12: "And the Lord God drove them that day from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which they were taken, and they went and dwelt at the east of the garden of Eden; and Adam knew his wife Eve and she bore two sons and three daughters."

Cain's wife was one of the sisters, name unknown. Jesus was at the right hand at the throne of God, His rightful place. There are no gaps in the Bible.

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Answer 4

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Answer 5

not exactly sure of your question..in the bible it clearly states that jesus ascended to heaven after his ressurection and his visiting to his loved desciples.
and cains wife....well again we seems to take delight in what the bible reads and what the bible says..sometimes it is not what is said but how it is said..
and if we look at the story we see that cain found his wife in nod.
remember the bble states that Adam and Eve were the first two people on earth ..not the only two

Answer 6

Adam and Eve were the only Humans in the garden of eden, outside this experiment there were other humans.

This becomes obvious when cain is dismissed for killing his brother, he is scared that the other people will kill him. Other people??

Answer 7

I believe that Cain married from the lineage of Adam and Eve from those children Adam begat prior to Cain being cast out (Gen.4:16, Gen.5:3 below).

Adam “begat sons and daughters” (Gen.5:4 below). Genesis 5:4’s end statement says that that is what Adam did; he begat sons and daughters.

I believe Adam begat sons and daughters from the births of Cain and Abel throughout the one hundred thirty years prior to the birth of Seth (Gen.4:25 below).


Gen.4:16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

Gen.4:25 And Adam knew his wife again (Gen.5:3 below); and she bare a son, and called his name Seth (Gen.5:3 below): For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

Gen.5:3 And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat [a son] in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth (Gen.4:25 above):

Gen.5:4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:



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Answer 8

Are you going to turn down God's offer of eternal life through Christ. The bible wasn't clear on who Cain's wife was?? Really in the whole big picture of things, this is irrelevant. I can see it now. On judgment day standing before God. You standing there saying "I demand to know who Cain's wife was?"

Answer 9

According to the Bible, the couple was to be fruitful and multiply. Obviuosly Cain took his own sister as a wife. God did not describe it as incest, but at the time of Moses, he did! Why did He call it incest? Because he could!

Answer 10

she was Enoch's mother (Cain's wife) another mystery of God.
Cain knows who she is this is not important who she was she could have been a fallen angel because Adam and Eve were not here alone 1/3 of heavens angels were here on earth with them the serpent in the Garden was Lucifer,Satan. the Devil,
Do you know who your great great great great great grandma was if you do you are very fortunate i don't but the fact remains i had one

Answer 11

Adam and Eve's daughter or his sister. Marrying a brother or sister did not become unlawful till the time of Moses. Until then there was no law against it.