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Was Cain really Adam's son, or Lucifer's? Does Genesis try to tell us there are other ancestors?
I stumbled upon some references that suggests that the REAL reason why Adam and Eve were banished from Eden was Eve being seduced by Satan/Lucifer, and became pregnant. The "apple" might refer to something that Adam and Eve were not supposed to know about, and not an actual apple.
Gen4:1 - Eve says, "I have gotten a man from the Lord" after giving birth to Cain.
Gen 4:15-26 - The Lord puts the mark on Cain, and allows him to live. Interestingly, Cain's lineage lists where WE got skills in the arts, trades, and crafts, while not letting us know how long that line lived. Adam's line lists the hundreds of years each one lived.
Gen 5:1-32 - Adam's lineage traced from Seth (Eve's third son) to Noah's sons. Abel is not included because he was killed before he had children, and Cain is not listed because he is not Adam's son.
Gen 6:2 - "The Sons of God saw the daughters of men, and they took them as wives." Does this indicate that WE had other ancestors?
Gen 6:3 - God admits that man's time on Earth will be approximately 120 years from now on. Was our long life span bred out from us?
Gen 6:4 - "There were giants in the earth in those days." and the daughters of men bore children from the sons of God."
Finally, waaay near the end of the Bible (1 John 3:12), Cain is referred to as "of that wicked one".
7 Answers
- Pirate AM™Lv 78 years agoFavorite Answer
Well since we know that Adam, Eve, Cain and Able are myths, you can make up whatever you want to about them. Seriously, look at "Twilight", it made up a bunch of stuff about vampires....
- ?Lv 68 years ago
Genesis actually has two creation stories, and Eve doesn't appear until the second. This has led to what is called "midrash" interpretation.
According to midrashic literature, Adam's first wife was not Eve but a woman named Lilith, who was created in the first Genesis account. Only when Lilith rebelled and abandoned Adam did God create Eve, in the second account, as a replacement.
Perhaps Cain was Lilith's son.
Or perhaps the entire Bible is based on myth, not reality.
- AmindaLv 58 years ago
Yes Cain was of the wicked one. And between Adam and Eve. Which one was wicked? Read genesis really carefully and you will come to the realization that Adam was the Devil Himself.
- AaronLv 58 years ago
No. Genesis plainly tells us that both males are sons of Adam. One had a softened heart because he realized he was a sinner in need of a promised Savior. The other was spiritually blind and had a hardened heart because he would not agree with God that he had a sin nature and needed to trust the coming Messiah for the remission of sins (namely his self righteousness). That's a great example of society today. The ones who claim to "know" God, ACTUALLY DO!!! They have realized thy were sinners in need if a Savior, and trusted alone in Jesus Christ. The lost claim God does not exit or any other number of reasons because their hearts are hardened, and they're eyes are blinded UNTIL they realize their sin nature and realize Jesus Christ paid for the sins of the world who all who repent and trust him.
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- Anonymous8 years ago
Yes, there were other people already here. Cain mated with an ape and that's how got certain people that still carry that lineage.
- 8 years ago
Genesis and many other books just keep giving us these interesting secrets that have nothing to do with the Ten Commandments. And everything to do with someone's personal agenda. We are so shocked, how could this happen!....again.
