@Glen,
Sorry, the Bible doesn�t say that Cain�s wife was from Nod. It rather says that Cain dwelt in the land of Nod ( Genesis 4:16), which doesn�t necessarily means that Cain�s wife came from Nod.
Now coming to Cain�s wife, Genesis 4 is the only section of the Bible that tells the story of Cain (and Abel), though they are also mentioned in few other sections of the Bible. And one section is not enough to tell one�s whole life.
Yet the Bible says that Adam and Eve had two sons; Cain and Abel. Cain was land tiller and Abel sheep keeper. They both offered sacrifices of their fruits and God pleased only with Abel�s and was displeased with Cain�s; which caused Cain to get wroth with Abel, and ultimately slew him. Genesis 4:
��11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother�s blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.��
A fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be, which means he would have no fixed settlement, he would move from place to place, he could be seen at a certain time and disappear again.
Verse 14 says ��Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;�� Now, was Cain really driven from the face of the earth? The earth is figurative of man�s community. Cain lost harmony with the community.
Verse 16 says ��And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.�� But could Cain really depart from the presence of the LORD ? No. this simply means Cain lost fellowship with GOD; otherwise he was still in face of the LORD.
Verse 17: ��And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived,..�� Now what may be the space of time between verses 16 and 17? It certainly took many years during which Adam and Eve were having other sons and daughters and Cain was coming and going as vagabond. It is in the course of this time that he got one of his siters for wife. Genesis 5:4 ��And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:��
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Sorry, the Bible doesn�t say that Cain�s wife was from Nod. It rather says that Cain dwelt in the land of Nod ( Genesis 4:16), which doesn�t necessarily means that Cain�s wife came from Nod.
Now coming to Cain�s wife, Genesis 4 is the only section of the Bible that tells the story of Cain (and Abel), though they are also mentioned in few other sections of the Bible. And one section is not enough to tell one�s whole life.
Yet the Bible says that Adam and Eve had two sons; Cain and Abel. Cain was land tiller and Abel sheep keeper. They both offered sacrifices of their fruits and God pleased only with Abel�s and was displeased with Cain�s; which caused Cain to get wroth with Abel, and ultimately slew him.
Genesis 4:
��11 And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother�s blood from thy hand;
12 When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.��
A fugitive and vagabond shalt thou be, which means he would have no fixed settlement, he would move from place to place, he could be seen at a certain time and disappear again.
Verse 14 says ��Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth;�� Now, was Cain really driven from the face of the earth? The earth is figurative of man�s community. Cain lost harmony with the community.
Verse 16 says ��And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.�� But could Cain really depart from the presence of the LORD ? No. this simply means Cain lost fellowship with GOD; otherwise he was still in face of the LORD.
Verse 17: ��And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived,..�� Now what may be the space of time between verses 16 and 17? It certainly took many years during which Adam and Eve were having other sons and daughters and Cain was coming and going as vagabond. It is in the course of this time that he got one of his siters for wife.
Genesis 5:4 ��And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:��
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