cain found his wife in the land of nod... he didnt marry his sister in the land of nod. what do you think?

Question

there was no mention of him running away with his sister.

what are the odds that the bible will say:

he ran off with his sister and made her his wife? it seems to me that he bible wanted to tell us that he married some woman who is not related to him.

just think.

Answer 1

It says ... "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelled in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son, Enoch"

No mention of a sister at all. However, may I point out it also doesn't say he went there and married a wife, it says that while there he "knew" his wife, which means he slept with her and she conceived. It is possible that he took his wife with him when he left, thus making it possible for his wife to be his sister.

Answer 2

Genesis 4:17-Where did Cain get his wife? Adam "became father to sons and daughters." (Genesis 5:4) So Cain took one of his sisters or perhaps one of his nieces as a wife. Later, God's Law to the Israelites did not permit the marriage of a fleshly brother and sister.-Leviticus 18:9.

The Bible record does indicate that Cain married one of his sisters (Gen. 4:17; 5:4) and that Abram married his half sister. (Gen. 20:12) But later, in the Law given through Moses, such marriage unions were specifically forbidden. (Lev. 18:9, 11) They are not permitted among Christians today. Marriage to a close relative results in a more-than-average probability that damaging hereditary factors will be passed on to their offspring.

Why was brother-and-sister marriage not inappropriate at the beginning of mankind's history? God created Adam and Eve perfect and purposed that all humankind descend from them. (Gen. 1:28; 3:20) Obviously some marrying of close relatives, especially within the first few generations, would occur. Even after sin made its appearance, there was relatively little danger of marked deformities in the children during early generations, because the human race was much closer to the perfection that had been enjoyed by Adam and Eve. This is attested to by the longevity of people then. (See Genesis 5:3-8; 25:7.) But about 2,500 years after Adam became a sinner, God prohibited incestuous marriage. This served to safeguard the offspring and it elevated the sexual morality of Jehovah's servants above that of people around them who were then engaging in all manner of depraved practices.-See Leviticus 18:2-18.

Answer 3

The bible does not say either way. It is assumed that he married a sister because there were no other people on earth. If Adam and Eve were the only two humans ever created-then Cain would have to marry a sister.
There was no such thing as incest then. There was no law for another 2500 years. Whats the big deal?

Answer 4

the position do you get the assistance that there have been human beings there previously Cain? Cain withdrew into the land of Nod, east of Eden, and outfitted a city that he named Enoch, after actual one of his sons. Gen 4:16, And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt interior the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 17, And Cain knew his spouse; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and said as the call of the city, after the call of his son, Enoch. Cain extremely took his spouse with him to the land of Nod. The bible doesn’t let us know what percentage little ones Adam and Eve had or the position all of them lived. interior the 930 years Adam lived he might want to have sired many little ones and those little ones probable had little ones of their own. Incest changed into no longer a mission until eventually the regulation changed into given to Moses.

Answer 5

I found some interesting information:

"Cain went into banishment in “the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden,” taking with him his wife, an anonymous daughter of Adam and Eve. (Ge 4:16, 17; compare 5:4, also the much later example of Abraham’s marriage to his half sister Sarah, Ge 20:12.) Following the birth of his son Enoch, Cain “engaged in building a city,” naming it for his son. Such city may have been but a fortified village by present standards, and the record does not state when it was completed. His descendants are listed in part and include men who distinguished themselves in nomadic stock raising, the playing of musical instruments, and the forging of metal tools as well as those who were known for their practice of polygamy and their violence. (Ge 4:17-24) Cain’s line ended with the global Flood of Noah’s day."

(Information taken from Insight on the Scriptures, published by Jehovah's Witnesses)

Answer 6

I think if he "found" her there. Then unless it tells you WHERE he married her. He did marry her in the land of Nod. Who said he ran away with her?Adam/Eve's children did marry each other. There were no other people @ that point.

Answer 7

Adam was created about 4100 bc, long into human evolution. There were alot of people already living outside the garden of Eden. Adam's line was special. They tended to live for many hundreds of years. Most of Adam's line were killed in the flood about 2500 bc, except for Noah's people.

Answer 8

I don't think there is any such place as the land of nod. There was never a Cane the entire thing is just nonsense. Perhaps he married a chimp.

Answer 9

The Bible never says that he found his wife in Nod, just that he had sex with her there.

Answer 10

I think that it is yet another example of how the bible is not quite what I would consider to be "infallible" or close to an acceptable standard for a deity to have inspired it.