Post by Ben Avraham on Dec 25, 2014 18:48:22 GMT -8
]Who was Cain's wife? well, that's easy, "Mrs. Cain" but on a serious note, let's go back to brass tacks, let's go to "The case for Cain"
We can see in Genesis that Cain is someone like all of us, with a sin nature, with a choice to do either right or wrong, follow the way of YHVH or reject him. Cain and Abel, you and me, we can either live like Cain or like Abel, the choice is ours. Both boys knew the right thing to do, but only Abel chose the right way, G-d's way, and it cost him his life.
G-d gives Cain a chance to do right and correct the wrong done
GOD: "Why are you angry? why has your countenance fallen? if you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? and if you do not well, sin is at the door, and its desire is for you, but you must master it!" (Gen 4:6,7)
If one has an imagination, one can only wonder an up beat conversation between God and Cain
"Yo Cain, what are you doing dude?"
"Uh, a sacrifice!" yeah, to you God, the best of MY fields, of what MY hands have done, uh Yeah!
"Uh, not so fast there boy, Sacrifice YES, but of grains NO, not my way. Hey, remember mom and pop, how I taught them, you know, the blood sacrifices, lambs and goats, it reminds them of their sin, and what it cost them, so, the same thing for you kid! you are no different. So look, I understand your motive, and nothing wrong with grain offerings, but that's later, right now, I demand blood sacrifices"
"So, tell you what you do, go into Abel's field, ask him for a lamb, and he'll give you one, bring it back here, lay it on the altar, cut its throat, and I'll accept it" deal??
Helloooooo? Cainnnnn? Uh, no, I don't have favorites, you and Abel are the same, but Abel did it my way, you can do it too, that is if you choose to, it's up to you now"
We know the outcome, murder, rebellion, and it says that "Cain went out from the presence of YHVH, and settled in the land of
, east of Eden" (Gen 4:16) "" is the word for "wandering"
So, in simple words, Cain became a vagabond, and wanderer, like back in the 1930s, the "hobos" riding the trains during the depression, going here and there. Since YHVH cursed the earth as punishment, he no longer could be a farmer, be probably was just a gatherer, picking fruit from the trees, nuts, and berries that grew wild, he probably had some sort of weapon, maybe a flint spear to fight off hungry T-Rexes and velociraptors, Saber tooth tigers, etc.
The
note is that he did not repent, even though he could of, satan had such a hold on Cain, it was "Cain's way" or "no way" therefore, the world today goes the "Way of Cain". It says that he "went out from the presence of the LORD" or he didn't have anything to do with God afterwards
What a state. Now, in verse 17 it says, "and Cain knew his wife and she conceived"
This is where many people question God's Word,saying;
"Hey, wait a minute now, if Adam and Eve were the only ones on the earth, and Abel is dead, and only Cain is left, then, where did his wife come from?"
We need to understand that the Bible was not written from a day by day event, in some places it is written like that, like in the 6 days of creation. But in other instances, like when Moses leaves Egypt on the run, the next verse shows that he is in Midian, well, how long did it take him to go from Egypt to Midian? maybe a month, two months, who knows? it also goes from being a shepherd in the fields of Jethro, to the calling of his ministry at the burning bush, there is a 40 year lapse here, it doesn't record his day by day experiences with his family, the sheep, etc
So if we go back to Genesis, between verses 16 and 17 in Genesis 4, there is a time lapse, perhaps 15, 20 years maybe more. On the home front, Adam and Eve console themselves with the loss of their sons. They have another child, Seth. afterwards, they have more children, The Bible doesn't record the names of them all, many are daughters, and they grow up and intermarry, brothers with sisters, nothing wrong with that back then, before the written
was given.
So, eventually, the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve spread out and go there way, one daughter ends up where Cain is living at, so, Cain meets his distant sister, and form a family, she becomes his wife, "Mrs. Cain" yes, Cain married one of his sisters.
Rabbi Ben Avraham
We can see in Genesis that Cain is someone like all of us, with a sin nature, with a choice to do either right or wrong, follow the way of YHVH or reject him. Cain and Abel, you and me, we can either live like Cain or like Abel, the choice is ours. Both boys knew the right thing to do, but only Abel chose the right way, G-d's way, and it cost him his life.
G-d gives Cain a chance to do right and correct the wrong done
GOD: "Why are you angry? why has your countenance fallen? if you do well, will not your countenance be lifted up? and if you do not well, sin is at the door, and its desire is for you, but you must master it!" (Gen 4:6,7)
If one has an imagination, one can only wonder an up beat conversation between God and Cain
"Yo Cain, what are you doing dude?"
"Uh, a sacrifice!" yeah, to you God, the best of MY fields, of what MY hands have done, uh Yeah!
"Uh, not so fast there boy, Sacrifice YES, but of grains NO, not my way. Hey, remember mom and pop, how I taught them, you know, the blood sacrifices, lambs and goats, it reminds them of their sin, and what it cost them, so, the same thing for you kid! you are no different. So look, I understand your motive, and nothing wrong with grain offerings, but that's later, right now, I demand blood sacrifices"
"So, tell you what you do, go into Abel's field, ask him for a lamb, and he'll give you one, bring it back here, lay it on the altar, cut its throat, and I'll accept it" deal??
Helloooooo? Cainnnnn? Uh, no, I don't have favorites, you and Abel are the same, but Abel did it my way, you can do it too, that is if you choose to, it's up to you now"
We know the outcome, murder, rebellion, and it says that "Cain went out from the presence of YHVH, and settled in the land of
, east of Eden" (Gen 4:16) "" is the word for "wandering" So, in simple words, Cain became a vagabond, and wanderer, like back in the 1930s, the "hobos" riding the trains during the depression, going here and there. Since YHVH cursed the earth as punishment, he no longer could be a farmer, be probably was just a gatherer, picking fruit from the trees, nuts, and berries that grew wild, he probably had some sort of weapon, maybe a flint spear to fight off hungry T-Rexes and velociraptors, Saber tooth tigers, etc.
The
note is that he did not repent, even though he could of, satan had such a hold on Cain, it was "Cain's way" or "no way" therefore, the world today goes the "Way of Cain". It says that he "went out from the presence of the LORD" or he didn't have anything to do with God afterwardsWhat a
state. Now, in verse 17 it says, "and Cain knew his wife and she conceived" This is where many people question God's Word,saying;
"Hey, wait a minute now, if Adam and Eve were the only ones on the earth, and Abel is dead, and only Cain is left, then, where did his wife come from?"
We need to understand that the Bible was not written from a day by day event, in some places it is written like that, like in the 6 days of creation. But in other instances, like when Moses leaves Egypt on the run, the next verse shows that he is in Midian, well, how long did it take him to go from Egypt to Midian? maybe a month, two months, who knows? it also goes from being a shepherd in the fields of Jethro, to the calling of his ministry at the burning bush, there is a 40 year lapse here, it doesn't record his day by day experiences with his family, the sheep, etc
So if we go back to Genesis, between verses 16 and 17 in Genesis 4, there is a time lapse, perhaps 15, 20 years maybe more. On the home front, Adam and Eve console themselves with the loss of their sons. They have another child, Seth. afterwards, they have more children, The Bible doesn't record the names of them all, many are daughters, and they grow up and intermarry, brothers with sisters, nothing wrong with that back then, before the written
was given. So, eventually, the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve spread out and go there way, one daughter ends up where Cain is living at, so, Cain meets his distant sister, and form a family, she becomes his wife, "Mrs. Cain" yes, Cain married one of his sisters.
Rabbi Ben Avraham
and need to cover ourselves, but it isn't outside His will that we now do. It promotes and preserves (or should) holiness. G-d didn't change. We did. G-d simply acted according to His will based on how we had changed.
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