Where did Cane get his wife? Who was she?

Answer 1

He got her from a country called Nod, which was east of Eden. Nobody knows her name. Contrary to popular opinion, the Bible gives no idication that Adam and Eve were the only human beings on earth, or that Cain married one of his relatives.

Answer 2

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.

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.’13

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.14

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.

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Answer 3

(GEN.1) :27 So God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female, 28 blessed them, and said, “Have many children, so that your descendants will live all over the earth and bring it under their control. If you should take a look at GEN. 2 you realize the bible talks of two different worlds.

Answer 4

There is at least two, possibly three, versions of the Creation myth included in Genesis. Although self-contradictory, in combining them, the editors of the Bible clearly indicate that each of the stories is 'true' in thier cosmology. Based largely on the Sumerian and Mesopetamian, it is obvious that this world view is acceptable to the Bible compiliers, with the addition of the One God adapation. Genesis is illustrating that the Israelites are the "Children of God, with a birthright to the Covenent", but they are by no means the only humans on earth, just the only 'correct' ones...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_according_to_Genesis
http://www.direct.ca/trinity/elohim.html

Cain's wife is one of the Other People, that is, one who is pagan and not of the Children of God. http://www.caw.org/articles/otherpeople.html

"Accursed and marked for fratricide,
16 Cain left the presence of Yahweh and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.

We can assume that the phrase "left the presence of Yahweh" implies that Yahweh is a local deity, and not omnipresent. Now Eden, according to Gen. 2:14-15, was situated at the source of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, apparently right where Lake Van is now, in Turkey. "East of Eden," therefore, would probably be along the shores of the Caspian Sea, right in the Indo-European heartland. Cain settled in there, among the people of Nod, and married one of the women of that country. Here, for the first time, is specifically mentioned the "other people" who are not of the lineage of Adam and Eve. I.e., the Pagans.
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17 Cain had intercourse with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. He became builder of a town, and he gave the town the name of his son Enoch.

With both of their first sons not turning out very well, Adam and Eve decided to try again:

25 Adam had intercourse with his wife, and she gave birth to a son whom she named Seth...
26 A son was also born to Seth, and he named him Enosh. This man was the first to invoke the name of Yahweh.

Now it doesn't mention here where Seth's wife came from. Another woman from Nod, possibly, or maybe someone from another neolithic community downstream in the Tigris-Euphrates valley. But her folks also, cannot be of the lineage of Adam and Eve, and must also be counted among "the other people....

But suffice it to say that those of us who are not of Semitic descent (i.e., not of the lineage of Adam and Eve) cannot share in the Original Sin that comes with that lineage. Being that the Bible is the story of that lineage, of Adam and Eve's descendants and their special relationship with their particular god, Yahweh, it follows that this is not the story of the rest of us. We may may have been Cain's wife's people, or Seth's wife's people, or some other people over the hill and far away, but whichever people the rest of us are, as far as the Bible is concerned, we are the Other People, and so we are continually referred to throughout. Later books of the Bible are filled with admonitions to the followers of Jahweh to "learn not the ways of the Pagans..." (Jer 10:2) with detailed descriptions of exactly what it is we do, such as erect standing stones and sacred poles, worship in sacred groves and practice divination and magic. And worship the sun, moon, stars and the "Queen of Heaven." "You must not behave as they do in Egypt where once you lived; you must not behave as they do in Canaan where I am taking you. You must not follow their laws." (Lev 18:3) For Yahweh, as he so clearly emphasises, is not the god of the Pagans. We have our own lineage and our own heritage, and our tale is not told in the Bible."

Answer 5

From the land of Nod. The account in Genesis does not say that Adam was the ONLY man God created in their image, just the first one. Once can reasonably and safely assume more were created elsewhere outside of Eden soon after the creation of Adam and Eve. In fact, it is the only possibility that makes the entire story plausible.

Answer 6

Cain's wife came from the land of Nod. This is the land where the first man was put. Genesis.

Answer 7

Genesis 4:17 says, "Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch." Who was his wife? It is implied in the biblical text that Cain married one of his sisters. Several facts lead us to this conclusion.
First, it is clear that Adam and Eve had a number of children. Genesis 5:4 says, "After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters." Since Adam and Eve were the first man and woman, and since God had commanded them (and their descendants) to be fruitful and multiply (Genesis 1:28), it seems reasonable to conclude that Cain married one of his many sisters. It is also possible that he married a niece or even a grandniece.
One must keep in mind that in the early years of the human race there were no genetic defects that had yet developed as a result of the fall of man. By the time of Abraham, God had not yet declared this kind of marriage to be contrary to His will (see Genesis 20:12). Laws governing incest apparently did not become enacted until the time of Moses (Lev 18:7-17; 20:11,12,14,17,20,21). Hence, there was no prohibition regarding marrying a sister (or niece or grandniece) in the days of Cain.
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Answer 8

The story of Cane and Abel is a metaphor related to the learned ego identity versus the natural/authentic Self. The ego kills the natural essential Self and is marked (develops a defensive identity) to survive the world of other egos. The ego is only capable of surviving (suffering). The authentic Self has to be resurrected (Jesus story) for reality to mirror being and purpose.

Answer 9

This question again? I should have my answer saved in a file to copy / paste it each time I see it again.

Genesis chapter 4 narrates the birth of Cain and Abel and then continue the story of these two sons, but that does not mean that Adan and Eve stopped having kids (included baby girls) until Cain killed Abel in chapter 4. Chapter 5 includes a summary of Adan's life and states he got many sons and daughters without specifying the number.

Cain married one of his many sisters or waited until the daughter of one of his brothers (married to a sister) was old enough to be wed.
Incest? Yes, but it was not forbidden back then.

Answer 10

Genesis disproves Genesis.

Cain found a wife in Nod.

No other children of Adam and Eve are even mentioned in the bible prior to Cain going to Nod.