Question from a friend of WordTruth Press:
>>I would be grateful if you would kindly answer the following
doubt.
1. In Genesis 4:14 Cain, the first son of Adam and Eve, said,
“… it will happen that
anyone who finds me will kill me.” Would you clarify the
origin of the people Cain is afraid of. The Bible does not give, by this
time, the details of any one other than Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. It is
very much clear that the third son Seth was born to Adam (4: 25) only
after the above incident.
2. In Genesis 4:17 we read,
“And Cain knew his wife, and
she conceived and bore Enoch.” Would you clarify the origin
of this wife? Is she the sister of Cain born to Adam and Eve?
>>
WordTruth Press Response:
1. Who were Cain's enemies?
This is a common question. As you read through the Bible, you will
find a number of situations where the narrative does not provide all the
details in a strict chronological fashion.
When God inspired the writing of a particular book in the Bible, He
had specific truth to share. The text is without error, whether it is
historical narrative or doctrinal instruction. However, the text does
not necessarily give every detail we "want" to know but provides the
information we "need" to know.
If you read in chapter 5 of Genesis, you will find that Adam and Eve
had many sons and daughters (Genesis 5:4) besides Cain, Abel and Seth.
The text does not say when Adam and Eve had these children. Certainly in
130 years before Seth, they could have had a number of children. And
they had many after Seth was born as well following God's command to
"Be fruitful and increase in
number; fill the earth and subdue it" (Genesis 1:28, NIV).
2. Where did Cain get his wife?
In order to begin and propagate the human race, brothers and sisters
would have had to marry, then cousins, nephews and nieces, etc. Given
this was at the beginning of creation, the problem of people marrying
close relatives and the potential for birth defects was not an issue. So
Cain took his wife from among the potentially long list of sisters,
cousins, and nieces that had been born up to that point in time.
The Bible is clear that there is only one race of people on the Earth
- the human race. Every human being on the planet is "related" by virtue
of being a descendant of Adam and Eve. Acts 17:26 says of God that
"He has made from one blood
every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and has
determined their preappointed times and the boundaries of their
dwellings" (NKJV). And in Romans 5:12 we read:
"Therefore, just as sin
entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this
way death came to all men, because all sinned" (NIV).
May God bless you with His wisdom and the courage to follow
Jesus!
Rev. Randy Lariscy :-)
President - WordTruth Press℠
© Copyright 2007, Randy Lariscy.
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