Who did Cain marry?

Don't you mean "mothers-in-law"

 

Mother-in-lawS

 

How many laws would this mother be a party to?

 

lol

 

He can have mine!!


mother-in-law that is.

 

What does it matter? I sign in here from time to time, and I to be honest I hope to find food for growth and do learn somethings. Seldom do I post for fear of sounding as PETTY as this.

 

Dear LLLEASTOFTHESE,
Please pardon us.A lot of us know each other through the board. Sometimes we are given to a little humor. We are not trying to be petty.
Having said that and you bringing us back to the serious side of this conversation, 2 more questions come to mind. How old was Cain when he married and how old was his wife?That would give an answer to whether he more likely married a sister or a niece, grandniece, ect...and so on. Also at this time the earths population was so small there was no rule set up about incest.

 

There's no reason to deny God didn't create other people from A&E's children...but there IS reason to believe Cain didn't marry a sister or other close relative. Why? Because God forbade incest. He had already forbidden several other things He placed in His written law, such as murder and theft, and virtually EVERY separate people on earth have a deep-rooted taboo against incest, even if they'd not heard of God. I believe if God had allowed incest at one time, He'd have said so when He "officially" prohibited it, calling for anyone thus sinning to be executed.

 

Hello robycop3.

I would have thought, what with the advent of genetic research, that it would be obvious why God determined it wrong to have sexual relations within families.
At the beginning Adam and Eve pocessed all the genes that make up the human race. The human race must come from one source, Adam, or salvation fails.
Cain must have married a close relative, if you think that carries a moral defect then all I can say is that's the way God planned it.
No other person could have been created by God who did not come by way of Adam. Jesus Himself included.
There is a deep-rooted taboo against this I agree. But 'taboo': 2 : banned on grounds of morality or taste or as constituting a risk : also has the meaning of 'risk'. It is the risk that is imperative here not morality. The risk of 'in breeding' is well known and would of itself cause people to be cautious of doing it.
This was not a problem when the race was young and vibrant but after the flood, with only three couples, or four, the gene pool was not as it was.

I think you will have to show that this is a normal proceedure for God. What God would have said must be proved or it stands as opinion.

johnp.

 

Then God must have created people not related to Adam and Eve. Otherwise even if Cain had married a cousin, who were the cousins parents? Brother and sister, children of Adam and Eve.
I'm just willing to add to the bible by saying there were other people not Adam and Eve and their decendants.

 

You don't mean that do you donnA?

johnp.

 

Actually, there's a translation problem here. The Hebrew word (translated "Eve") is Chavva, a Hebrew name which means "lifegiver". She was given the name "lifegiver" because she was the mother of all living. This is a rather significant point that we unfortunately lose in translation, and the word "Eve" has become engrained into our customs to the point where updating the translation of her name is taboo.

 

You don't mean that do you donnA?

johnp. </font>[/QUOTE]no, it should have said, not willing to add to the bible, which a lot of it is going on on this topic.

 

The issue itself is silly

Face it Cain did the nasty with a sis, or niece

Even if Cain didnt do the nasty with a sis or niece the issue becomes moot thanx to the FLOOD

First Cousins were were marrying first cousins, maybe even nieces or second cousins - but there was a lot of cousin loving going on!

 

I agree with Diane!

I hope Sularis uses a different term than "did the nasty" next time. Sex was created by God and within marriage is beautiful, not nasty. A lot of younger people on the BB might read this, Sularis.

 

I don't have a problem with Cain marrying a sister/neice/cousin, people were still doing it by the time of Abraham, sarah was his half-sister, plus earlier right after the Flood, the children of Shem, Ham, and Japheth were either siblings or first cousins.

 

Dianne has said it right.