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Q&A – WHERE DID CAIN GET HIS WIFE?
Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of IAUE, and dwelt in the
land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and
he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son,
Enoch.
Have you ever noticed
when a person is being confronted with the call to repent and believe the
gospel how quickly they will ask a question to derail the conversation and take
the focus away from their liability and responsibility before IAUE? Questions like: “If Elohim is an Elohim of love, why is there
so much killing and poverty and war in the world?” Or, “Do you believe the earth is only 6,000
years old or is it millions of years old?”
Or, “Do you believe that creation and evolution are compatible?” Or, “Where did Cain get his wife?” Such
questions usually are not sincere. They
are intended to be conundrums that you cannot answer resulting in you
questioning your own faith and message; thus terminating any continued appeal
to them to repent or to deal practically with the inescapable reality of a
future eternal judgment they will face.
The tendency is to want
to provide them with a biblical answer to their questions so they, in turn,
will find your gospel message to be credible.
In my opinion, you should never allow their questions to sidetrack you
from presenting the truth of the gospel; because this will move you into an
academic conversation of the intellect and introduce pride into the mix. It will remove you from the spirit and power
of the Word of IAUE that is able to save their soul.
Romans 1:16 For I am
not ashamed of the gospel of Messiah: for it is the power of IAUE unto
salvation to every one that believeth…
If IAUE is drawing the
person unto Himself, He will draw them and reveal His son in them. If He isn’t, no amount of catering to their
distracting questions will appease the person and make them open to the
gospel. We may sow; and we may water the
seed that is sown; but it is IAUE alone who causes the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6-7). In my personal
experience (which is not by any means a litmus test that proves anything at
all), I have never made headway with anyone who interrupts the gospel with distracting
and unrelated questions. Their soul has not been marked with an awareness of
the danger associated with their rebellious lives and their need for a
redeemer.
The apostle Paul was
pretty keen on instructing those whom he put in positions of leadership to
steer clear of such questions.
1 Timothy 1:4 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which
minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
2 Timothy 2:23 But foolish and
unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish
questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for
they are unprofitable and vain.
Sometimes, however, there are nagging
questions that persist in the mind of the believer that cause them to be
curious about if not outright question the veracity of the Scriptures. Such questions are important to resolve so
one’s faith can remain unhindered. I
believe today’s question is one of them.
It is very likely that some readers
will never have heard what I am about to suggest; so please bear with me and
consider what the Scriptures say.
Where did Cain get his wife? Our opening verses clearly suggest that he
found her in the land of Nod. That,
however, is not really the point of the question, is it? The real question is, where did she come from
if Adam and Eve were the parents of all who lived upon the earth; and Cain was
the firstborn of Adam and Eve? Herein
lies the dilemma; and the reason why this is one of those nagging questions.
The answer is---Adam and Eve were NOT
the first humans to inhabit the earth. They were a very particular couple who
were set apart from the rest of humanity.
Allow me to explain.
Genesis 1:9 And Elohim said, Let the waters under the
heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it
was so.
10 And Elohim called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together
of the waters called the Seas: and Elohim saw that it was good.
11 And Elohim said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb
yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is
in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12 And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after
his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and Elohim saw that it
was good.
13 And the evening and the morning were the third day.
Notice, on the 3rd day of
Creation, Elohim created the grass, the herbs and the fruit trees and they yielded
their fruit.
Genesis 1: 20 And Elohim said, Let
the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl
that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21 And Elohim created great whales, and
every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly,
after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and Elohim saw that
it was good.
22 And Elohim blessed them, saying, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply
in the earth.
23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
Notice, on the 5th day,
Elohim brought forth out of the waters, all of the sea creatures and all
of the winged fowl (aviary life).
24 And Elohim said, Let the earth bring
forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast
of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25 And Elohim made the beast of the earth
after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon
the earth after his kind: and Elohim saw that it was good.
IAUE brought forth from the earth all
of the land-based animals and creatures (on the 6th day).
26 And Elohim said, Let us make man in our
image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of
the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the
earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
27 So Elohim
created man in his own image, in the image of Elohim created he him; male and
female created he them.
28 And Elohim
blessed them, and Elohim said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and
replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea,
and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the
earth.
29 And Elohim said, Behold, I have given
you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every
tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for
meat.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to
every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein
there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
31 And Elohim saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was
very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
On the 6th day, as we all
know, IAUE created
(Heb: bara) man; but notice carefully the language in
these verses. IAUE created man in his
own image, both male and female. He
created THEM. IAUE blessed THEM---the males
and females that He had created.
IAUE commanded THEM to be fruitful and
multiply, to replenish the earth and to subdue the earth. He gave THEM dominion over the fish, the fowl
and every living thing on the earth. The
man (males and females), that IAUE created on day 6, were given the mission to
subdue the earth and exercise dominion over all of its animal life. He also gave them the herbs and trees bearing
fruit (which He had made on day 3) for food.
Genesis 2:1 Thus
the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them.
2 And on the seventh day Elohim
ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his
work which he had made.
3 And Elohim blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all his
work which Elohim created and made.
At this point, you might be saying, “Everyone
already knows all of this, so what’s new about this? How does this even
remotely answer the question about where Cain’s wife came from?”
Carefully read Genesis chapter 2; and the
answer to the question will become obvious.
We will provide that answer in our next post.
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