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Who was Cain's wife, I now it says he new her , but that phrase to me means he had relations with her, some say his sister, but their was other people as well ,for Cain said to the lord, "My punishment is worse than I can stand. See thou hast now driven me from the land, and I shall be hidden from Thy face. I shall be a fugitive and wander on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. Who is Cain talking about? certainly not his brothers and sisters for they are not born yet.

brother wrote:Who was Cain's wife, I now it says he new her , but that phrase to me means he had relations with her, some say his sister, but their was other people as well ,for Cain said to the lord, "My punishment is worse than I can stand. See thou hast now driven me from the land, and I shall be hidden from Thy face. I shall be a fugitive and wander on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me. Who is Cain talking about? certainly not his brothers and sisters for they are not born yet.

If we now work totally from Scripture, without any personal prejudices or other extrabiblical ideas, then back at the beginning, when there was only the first generation, brothers would have had to marry sisters or there wouldn’t have been any more generations!

We’re not told when Cain married or many of the details of other marriages and children, but we can say for certain that Cain’s wife was either his sister or a close relative.

A closer look at the Hebrew word for “wife” in Genesis reveals something readers may miss in translation. It was more obvious to those speaking Hebrew that Cain’s wife was likely his sister. (There is a slim possibility that she was his niece, but either way, a brother and sister would have married in the beginning.) The Hebrew word for “wife” used in Genesis 4:17 (the first mention of Cain’s wife) is ishshah, and it means “woman/wife/female.”

And Cain knew his wife [ishshah], and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he built a city, and called the name of the city after the name of his son—Enoch (Genesis 4:17).
The word ishshah is the word for “woman,” and it means “from man.” It is a derivation of the Hebrew words ‘iysh (pronounced: eesh) and enowsh, which both mean “man.” This can be seen in Genesis 2:23 where the name “woman” (ishshah) is given to one who came from Adam.

Thanks for your reasoning of this scipture.

The main thing is we are from God through Adam.


God Bless

Rod

brother wrote:Thanks for your reasoning of this scipture.

The main thing is we are from God through Adam.


God Bless

Rod

You are welcome and glad to know your name!