Who is they that Cain was concerned with when God sent him out into the world after killing Abel?
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Cain was concerned with the people that the Elohim created BEFORE the christian god created Adam and Eve.\n\nHeck.  I would be concerned and scared too if I were being sent out into a world among people I don't know after my parents isolated me from everything else.\n\n=======================\n\nThe following is an Article published six or seven years ago in Green Egg.\n\n*We Are the Other People*\n\nby Oberon (Otter) Zell\n\n"Ding-dong!" goes the doorbell. Is it Avon calling? Or perhaps Ed McMahon with my three million dollars? No, it's Yahweh's Witlesses again, just wanting to have a nice little chat about the Bible... Boy, did they ever come to the wrong house! So we invite them in: "Enter freely and of your own will..." (Hey, it's Sunday morning, nothing much going on, why not have a little entertainment?) Diane and I amuse ourselves watching their expressions as they check out the living room: great horned owl on the back of my chair; ceremonial masks and medicine skulls of dragons and unicorns on the wall; crystals, wands, staffs, swords; lots of Goddess figures and several altars; boa constrictors draped in amorous embrace over the elkhorn; white doves sitting in the hanging planters; cats and weasels underfoot; iron dragon snorting steam atop the wood stove; posters and paintings of wizards and dinosaurs and witchy women, some proudly naked; sculptures of mythological beasties and lots more dinosaurs; warp six on the star-filled viewscreen of my computer; a five-foot model of the USS Enterprise and the skeleton of a plesiosaur hanging from the ceiling; very, very many books, most of them dealing with obviously weird subjects... To say nothing of the great horned owl perched on the back of my chair and the Unicorn grazing in the front yard. You know; early Addams Family decor. And then, of course, it being late in the morning, you can expect Morning Glory to come wandering out naked, looking for her wake-up cup of tea. Morning Glory naked is a truly impressive sight, and the Witlesses look as if she'd set titties on stun as they stand immobilised, hands clasped over their genitals. With the stage set and all the actors in place, the show is ready to begin.\n\nTheir mission, of course, is to save our heathen souls by turning us on to "The Word of the Lord"- their Bible. I guess they figure some of us just haven't heard about it yet, and we're all eagerly awaiting their joyous tidings of personal salvation through giving our rational faculties to Jesus. Every time they come around, I look forward to trying out a new riposte. Sure, it may be cruel and sadistic of me, but hey, I didn't call them up and ask them to come over; they entered at their own risk! This time should be pretty good. After letting them run off their basic rap while lovely Morning Glory serves us all hot herb tea, I innocently remark: "But none of that applies to us. We have no need for salvation because we don't have original sin. We are the Other People."\n\n"Hunh? What?" they reply eloquently. It's clear they've never heard this one before. "\n\nRight," I say. "It's all in your Bible." And I proceed to tell them the story, using their own book for reference: (Genesis 1:26) The [Elohim] said, "Let us make humanity in our own image, in the likeness of ourselves, and let them be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of heaven, the cattle, all the wild beasts and all the reptiles that crawl upon the earth." Elohim is a plural word, including male and female, and should properly be translated "Gods" or "Pantheon." (1: 27) The Gods created humanity in the image of themselves, In the image of the Gods they created them, Male and female they created them. (1:28) The Gods blessed them, saying to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth and conquer it. Be masters of the fish of the sea, the birds of he
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The answer by Temp19 was going well but stumbled.  Please allow me to add to it.  Cain married a sister most likely, but definitely a member of his own family. Once Adam and Eve sinned, they "began to die."  The people who were supposed to live forever now were subject to aging, disease etc.  After many generations this sinfulness deteriorated the bodies to the point that God commanded Moses to instruct family members NOT to marry.  The two creations are not inconsistent with one another.  There is a story of creation of the world (macro version if you will) and the focus of the creation of Adam and Eve (micro version if you will allow).  Hope this helps.
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The first person was Adam. God wanted Adam to have a partner and created Eve from one of his ribs. God created him in his image and placed them in the Garden of Eden\n\nGenesis 1:26-27\n 26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."\n\n 27 So God created man in his own image, \n       in the image of God he created him; \n       male and female he created them. \n\n\nGenesis 2:15 and 18\n 15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it. \n\n 18 The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him." \n\n\nGenesis 20- 24\nBut for Adam  no suitable helper was found. 21 So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep; and while he was sleeping, he took one of the man's ribs and closed up the place with flesh. 22 Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. \n\n 23 The man said, \n       "This is now bone of my bones \n       and flesh of my flesh; \n       she shall be called 'woman,' \n       for she was taken out of man." \n\n 24 For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
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The bible does not speak of who Cain's wife was however we have to assume that he married a relative.The bible doesn't say that he immediately went out and married.It probably was many years .In reference to the Land of Nod. Nod meant to wander (in Greek) so with that Cain was sentenced by God to the life of nomad or wanderer,unable to put down roots.All of humanity was created out of incestuous relationships which to us because of cultural norms is disgusting however the Holy bible say His ways are not our ways and he surpasses all understanding.Our small human minds were not designed to comprehend the nature and essence of God.
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It's possible that Cain and Abel had received some instruction on what constituted an acceptable sacrifice from God, or that Cain had committed other wrongs that would make his offering unacceptable to God. However, the passage does give us some clues. It says that Abel "brought fat portions from some of the firstborn." He offered some of what came first, as opposed to waiting until an animal had plenty of offspring (and the oldest were reproducing themselves) and then sacrificing one of the youngest, and he offered the choicest parts. Abel was clearly giving the best of what he had to God. Cain, on the other hand, brought "some of the fruits of the soil," which were not necessarily the best crops - they may have been damaged and/or been what Cain considered "extra" or "leftover." Abel's and Cain's actions were a reflection of their attitudes towards God - should God receive the best of what they had or not? - and it was their attitudes that God was concerned with.
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Hello BibleGuy the answer is simple. It is clearly writen. Gen 5:1-2, Gen 1:26-28.  Cain wife was from Adam, not His father, she was not His sister, Adam was the name of those God created in the Begining and called their name Adam, this is not talking about Adam & Eve who where in the Garden. Adam was the Name of those God created and 1 of Them He chose and Place in the Garden, thus showing His way even from the Begining chosing from Mankind (Adam) to guide and lead the others in the way.  Adam was not just One person but many. Not just One color.  If you like to know more contack me at PastorDoulos@yahoo.com
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Why couldn't Cain please God?\n\nHe just wasn't Abel.
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Make a way for the Gentiles that From Genesis chapter ten is lost in this world.\nThat is the mystery. Luke 8:10 the heavenly of Rev.20:1-6 [ no Satan only heavenly ];\nEph.2:7; 3:21 the world with Jesus is without end [ Satan had world from Eden, it ends.\nAll are included in Salvation. John 3:16 the whole world.\nAll are grafted in.\nSatan deserves to be destroyed no matter what Heb.2:9,14,16; 1/3 of angels sinned.\nSatan has caused the death of every offsping of Adam John 8:44;\nJesus gave his life for the promise he made and we read it Heb.9:14-16;\nJesus has the right to destroy dearh 1Cor.15:22-28 and bring us back into contact as perfect with God.\nRev.20:1-6 heavenly coming down out of heaven from God with new heavens to 12,13 the earthly for the new earth, thos alive and those dead. All is made new as before Eden. Rev.21:1-5; verse 8 is the second death and Rev.20:7-10 is final cleansing of the earth to end 1000 year judgement day of man and angels.\nAny that do not make it has self to blame.
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It never says in the bible that God exclusively created Adam and Eve, it's metaphorical.  It's actually commonly believed among christians and non-christians that there were more people around.  e.g. when Cain was banished for killing his brother Able, he went out into the world and said to God, 'but if anyone finds out I killed my brother surely they will kill me' and God replied 'I will mark you so that any man who lays a hand on you you will be avenged sevenfold.' (or words to that effect).  So there must have been other people.\n\nAlso, when out there I believe he found a wife and had children just like everyone else.  There were lots of other people around at that time.\n\nBesides, I'm still of the arguement that it doesn't matter how it happened, it only matters who made it happen.  There are certain things beyond our understanding and certain things we don't need to know.
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Cain, Abel, and Seth were specifically named in the Bible, but there had to be others, specifically, females-how else would the world be populated.  Just because they aren't all mentioned in the Bible doesn't mean they didn't exist.
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God started by creating Adam and Eve who were the first to begin procreating. They were having sons who were marrying wives after settling in other areas. Nowhere does it say Adam and Eve were the ONLY humans God created. He created wives for Adam and Eve's Sons.\nWhat you're suggesting makes no sense. If any human or animal or creature attempts to mate with the wrong species, even if successful at it, the progeny end up sterile.\nIt's pretty clear from Genesis Chapters 4 and 5 that Eve was not mating with her sons.\n***\nAs for the sister theory it doesn't work either because Genesis gives a sequential account of who Eve was giving birth to. There were no sisters yet for Cain.\n***\nI'm using a New American Standard version which is considered the to be the most scholarly accurate as far as I know and it's a bit different from what you wrote:\n5:1 - This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day when God created man, He made him in the likeness of God.\n2 - He created THEM male and female, and he blessed them and named THEM Man in the day when they were created.\n\nThere is no account of incest of any kind. God created wives for Adam's sons separately.
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we read of the plagues God sent upon the land of Egypt, but Pharaoh would not let the people go.  But God knew that after the final plague, Pharaoh would let the people go.\n\nAnd so Moses told the Israelites that each house was to take one perfect lamb,  which was under a year old. And the lamb was to live in the house with the people for 14 days, and at the end of the fourteenth day they were to kill the lamb in the evening.\n\nAnd they were to take the blood of the lamb and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the house, and they were to roast the lamb and eat it, and nothing was to remain.   And that night the LORD would pass through the land, and all the people who were the first ones born in their family,  would die, but the blood of the lamb was to be a sign, and whenever God saw the blood on the doorposts, he would pass over the house, and no one in that house would die.  And this day was to be called the passover, and was to be celebrated each year.\n\nAnd so the people of Israel did as the LORD had commanded, and at midnight on the chosen day, all the people born first in the land who were not protected by the blood of the lamb died, including Pharaoh's first born child.\n\nAnd so on that day Pharaoh agreed to let the people of Israel go with their flocks, and with jewels and clothing that the people of Egypt gave to them, and there were 600,000 men, not counting women and children. \n\nAnd so after 430 years, the time had come for the Israelites to leave the land of Egypt, and God brought them out of the land.\n\nThe blood of the lamb which protected the people of Israel is a perfect picture of the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross for us.   What a wonderful thing it is that the Lord Jesus did for us because he loves us.\n\nMemory verse:  Exodus 12:13 "...when I see the blood, I will pass over you."\n\nQuestions:\n1. What was the LORD going to do to the people of Egypt?\n2. What instructions did the LORD give about the lamb the people chose?\n3. What were they supposed to do when the lamb was killed?\n4. What happened when the LORD came through the land?\n\nAnswers:\n1. He was going to cause the first born person in each family to die.\n2. There was to be one for every house, it was to be perfect, it was to be less than a year old, and it was to live with them in the house for 14 days.\n3. They were to put its blood on the sides and top of the door of the house.  They were to roast it and eat it.\n4.  When He saw the blood on the door posts, no one in that house died, but all the people who were born first who were not protected by the blood of the lamb died.
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You meant the Land of Nod friend. Apparently there was a tribe of not-quite-giants hanging around and Cain found one that dug short guys. Where did the people of Nod come from if Adam & Eve were the first people? Heh, well, nobody ever accused the christian bible of being a well written and coherent story. One would think a god could write a better book...\n\nI think the Land of Sod might have been where Adam & Steve met however...
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absolutely NOT!!! there are passages in the Bible that clearly state that when Cain left, he married into another people and he had a son, Enoch. These other people were NOT descendants of Adam and Eve. Otherwise, the entire human race would be the result of incest.
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Yes Cain and Abel were twins.\n\nGen 4:1  And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD. \nGen 4:2  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. \n\nAnd she AGAIN bare his brother Abel.\n\nThis word "AGAIN" in Hebrew (yacaph) meaning "to continue".\n\nAlso they both came of age at the same time to offer unto the Lord.\n\nGen 4:3  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. \nGen 4:4  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: \n\nThere are many other truths that I won't go into here.\n\nWhat's annoying?
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, “the Lion that is of the tribe of Judah”! John is familiar with the prophecy that Jacob, ancestor of the Jewish race, pronounced concerning his fourth son, Judah: “A lion cub Judah is. From the prey, my son, you will certainly go up. He bowed down, he stretched himself out like a lion and, like a lion, who dares rouse him? The scepter will not turn aside from Judah, neither the commander’s staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes; and to him the obedience of the peoples will belong.” (Genesis 49:9, 10) The royal line of God’s people stemmed from Judah. Starting with David, all the kings who ruled in Jerusalem until the Babylonians destroyed that city were Judah’s descendants. But not one of them was the Shiloh prophesied by Jacob. Shiloh means “He Whose [Right] It Is.” Prophetically, this name pointed to Jesus, the one to whom the Davidic Kingdom now permanently belongs.—Ezekiel 21:25-27; Luke 1:32, 33; \n\nJohn quickly recognizes the reference to “the root of David.” The promised Messiah is prophetically called both “a twig out of the stump of Jesse [father of King David] . . . a sprout” and “the root of Jesse that will be standing up as a signal for the peoples.” (Isaiah 11:1, 10) Jesus was a twig of Jesse, being born into the royal line of David, son of Jesse. Further, as a root of Jesse, he was the One that caused the Davidic dynasty to sprout again, giving it life and sustenance forever.—2 Samuel 7:16.
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One might think that after the murder of Abel, only his guilty brother Cain and their parents, Adam and Eve, were left on the earth. However, Adam and Eve had a large family. According to Genesis 5:3, 4, Adam had a son named Seth. The account adds: “The days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.” So Cain married his sister or perhaps one of his nieces. Since mankind was then so close to human perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the health risks that may imperil the offspring of such a union today.\n\nAdam was cast out of Eden into an unsubdued earth that was cursed to produce thorns and thistles, there to sweat out an existence, harvesting the bitter fruits of his sin. Outside the garden, awaiting death, Adam fathered sons and daughters, the names of only three being preserved—Cain, Abel, and Seth. To all of his children Adam passed on hereditary sin and death, since he himself was sinful.—Ge 3:23; 4:1, 2, 25.\n\nConsider, for example, the often-raised problem about Cain’s wife. At Genesis 4:1, 2 we read: “In time [Eve] gave birth to Cain and said: ‘I have produced a man with the aid of Jehovah.’ Later she again gave birth, to his brother Abel.” As is well known, Cain killed Abel; but after that, we read that Cain had a wife and children. (Genesis 4:17) If Adam and Eve had only two sons, where did Cain find his wife?\n\nThe solution lies in the fact that Adam and Eve had more than two children. According to the context, they had a large family. At Genesis 5:3 we read that Adam became father to another son named Seth and then, in the following verse, we read: “He became father to sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:4) So Cain could have married one of his sisters or even one of his nieces. At that early stage of human history, when mankind was so close to perfection, such a marriage evidently did not pose the risks for the children of the union that it would today.\n\n\nSeth may not have been the third child of Adam and Eve. According to Genesis 5:4, Adam had “sons and daughters,” some of whom may have been born before Seth. Seth is worthy of note because Noah, and through him the present-day race of mankind, descended from him, not from the murderous Cain. At the age of 105 years Seth became father to Enosh. Seth died at the age of 912 years.