- If Cain was only the second generation, who was he afraid was going to kill him?
- Where did Cain get his wife? If a sister, was that incest?
- His parents were kicked out of Eden, what was he kicked out of and where did he go?
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Scripture Audio:
Presented as dramatizations from The Bible Gateway.
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Where Did Cain Get His Wife?
This is a short 2 minute video from crossexamined.org.
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Genesis 4: The Fall Continues
A walk through the Cain and Abel story with some interesting interpolations with other Biblical scriptures. (13 minutes)
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What/where was the land of Nod in the Bible?
What/where was the land of Nod in the Bible?
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Where did Cain’s Wife Come From?
Bible Contexts – A five minute video arguing that our ancestors interbread with Neandertals without breaking anything within our reading of scripture.
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A LITERAL ADAM & EVE. NEANDERTHAL DNA, AND THE NEPHILIM
Answered by Prof. Joshua Swamidass, Computational Biologist, Washington University
Joshua Swamidass is a professor at Wahinton University and believes that the current scientific understanding of the evolutionary path of modern humanids does not conflict with Biblical literature -
EXTRA CREDIT ARTICLES:
A few extra credit resources. These resources wont be a direct part of the class discussion, but may prove helpful as you start looking into your own rabbit holes of study.
Cain in the Land of Nod, Terri Daniel, DMin, CT, CCTP
Acedemic paper at Academia.edu by an alumnus of San Fracisco Theological Seminary.
This paper started out as a rather good intellectual argument but then I felt like it started to stray. It has a few good points to pull out, but also represents the very real view of our current state of liberal theological and inclusionary thought within Western Society. Excellent read for perspectives of positions, arguments and reasonings that you will encounter in the the field when discussing Genesis chapter 4. Please read this with discernment as it holds favorable views found wihtin the acedemic and scientific communities, but does not look positively on many traditional church views. (You will need to register for academia.edu to download the article)Where did Cain Get His Wife
Good quick article from a Biblical perpsective that attempts to provide answers to these quistions without violating the enerrancy of the Bible
Who Were Cain and Abel’s Wives?
Short and to the point answer from a Catholic perspective.
- What are your thoughts on Cain’s ‘separation’ actually being a philisophical or logical view of him being separated from his relationship with God instead of being physically or literally removed?
- The term Nod is most often tranlated as meaning some sort of wandering. As such is this ‘Place’ more of a state of being than a physical place?
- Does your personal belief lead you to thinking that the ‘others’ that Cain was worried about were his extended family decended from Adam and Eve or do you believe that there were other huminoids living at the same time in other locations? You can’t dodge this question. What will you answer when this comes up in conversation. Be able to articule your answer.
- – Do you believe that the ability to articulate your answer (not necessarily even defend it) is more important than what your answer is?
- You you believe that Cain’s wife was a sister? If so how do you argue/justify/defend the concept of incest in this case?