Where did Cain get his wife?
Cain lay with his wife,
and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Gen 4:17NIV
Some bible scholars have considered this question
a hard nut to crack. My first daughter asked me this question during Sunday
school. I did not want to give her what I read from books. So I took the
question to the Lord in prayer. Below is my finding.
The Lord made me understand
that there were no other humans living on earth as at the time He created Adam.
He led to consider again the account of Adam;
When Adam had lived 130
years, he had a son in his own likeness, in his own image; and he named him
Seth. After Seth was born, Adam
lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters. Gen 5:3-4 NIV
This means that Adam had
Cain before he came to 130 years. The scripture also said he had sons and daughters.
There was no detailed account of his daughters but it is clear that those
daughters of Adam were normal women who were matured for marriage by the age of
twenty. Except in cases of divine
intervention, women entered menopause at the age of 45.
The Lord made me
understand that Cain married one of his sisters. To back up this He reminded me
that Abraham got married to his half sister. The law forbidding brothers from
marrying sisters came in many years after- the days of Moses
Not only Cain, but the
early human race was few and married among themselves.
Some people see bible
account as if Cain did nothing until Adam died. An example of this kind of thing
is the account of Abraham. Bible recorded that Abraham died at the age of 175
years. If one follows bible account it will seem like Isaac stood still until
Abraham died. But let’s follow the story.
Abraham had Isaac at the
age of 100; Isaac got married at the age of 40. Isaac did not have children
until he was 60. If we add up, 60 years of Isaac meant 160 years of Abraham. If
Abraham lived for 175 years, it means that Esau and Jacob were 15 years when
Abraham died. By implication Esau and Jacob stood by as teenagers as Abraham was
buried.
Cain married from the only
available human race. There were no other humans on earth except those from
Adam.
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