Friday, June 10, 2016

Tell Me About Cain



Genesis 4:1-15

Now Adam KNEW Eve, His Wife, and She (Eve) CONCEIVED and BORE Cain, and said, “I (Eve) have acquired a man from The LORD (GOD Almighty).”  Then She (Eve) BORE again, this time His (Cain’s) Brother, Abel.  Now Abel was a Keeper of Sheep, but Cain was a Tiller of The Ground.  And in The Process of Time it came to pass that Cain BROUGHT an Offering of The Fruit of The Ground to The LORD (GOD Almighty). Abel also BROUGHT of The Firstborn of His (Abel’s) Flock and of Their Fat.  And The LORD (GOD Almighty) RESPECTED Abel and His (Abel’s) Offering, but He (GOD Almighty) did NOT RESPECT Cain and His (Cain’s) Offering.  And Cain was Very Angry, and His (Cain’s) Countenance FELL.

So The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Cain, “Why are YOU Angry?  And why has Your (Cain’s) Countenance FALLEN?  IF YOU (Cain) DO WELL, will YOU (Cain) NOT be ACCEPTED?  And IF YOU (Cain) do NOT DO WELL, sin LIES at The Door.  And its (sin’s) Desire is FOR YOU (Cain), but YOU (Cain) should RULE OVER it (sin).”

Now Cain talked with Abel, His Brother; and it came to pass, when They (Cain and Abel) were in The Field, that Cain Rose Up AGAINST Abel, His (Cain’s) Brother and KILLED Him (Abel).

Then The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Cain, “Where is Abel, Your (Cain’s) Brother?”  He (Cain) said, “I do NOT know.  Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”  And He (GOD Almighty) SAID, “What have YOU (Cain) done?  The Voice of Your (Cain’s) Brother’s (Abel’s) Blood CRIES OUT to Me (GOD Almighty), from The Ground.  So NOW, YOU (Cain) are CURSED from The Earth, which has Opened its Mouth to RECEIVE Your (Cain’s) Brother’s (Abel’s) Blood, from Your (Cain’s) Hand.  When YOU (Cain) till the ground, it shall NO longer yield its strength to YOU (Cain).  A FUGITIVE and a VAGABOND, YOU (Cain) shall be on The Earth.”  And Cain said to The LORD (GOD Almighty), “My (Cain’s) Punishment is Greater than I can BEAR!  Surely YOU (GOD Almighty) have DRIVEN me (Cain) OUT This Day, from The Face of The Ground; I (Cain) shall be HIDDEN from Your (GOD Almighty’s) Face; I (Cain) shall be a FUGITIVE and a VAGABOND on The Earth, and it will happen that ANYONE who finds me (Cain) will KILL me (Cain).”  And The LORD (GOD Almighty) SAID to Him (Cain), “Therefore, whoever KILLS Cain, VENGEANCE shall be TAKEN on him (whoever kills Cain) Sevenfold.”  And The LORD (GOD Almighty) SET A MARK on Cain, lest anyone finding Him (Cain) should KILL Him (Cain).

Genesis 4:16-24

Then Cain went out from The Presence of The LORD (GOD Almighty) and DWELT in The Land of Nod on The East of Eden.  And Cain KNEW His Wife, and She CONCEIVED and BORE Enoch.  And He (Cain) BUILT a City, and Called The Name of The City after The Name of His (Cain’s) Son, Enoch.  To Enoch was BORN Irad; and Irad BEGOT Mehujael, and Mehujael BEGOT Methushael, and Methushael BEGOT Lamech.

Then Lamech TOOK for Himself Two Wives: The Name of One was Adah, and The Name of The Second was Zillah.  And Adah BORE Jabal.  He (Jabal) was The Father of Those who DWELL in Tents and have Livestock.  His (Jabal’s) Brother’s Name was Jubal.  He (Jubal) was The Father of All Those who PLAY The Harp and Flute.  And as for Zillah, She (Zillah) also BORE Tubal-Cain, an Instructor of Every Craftsman in bronze and iron.  And The Sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.  Then Lamech said to His Wives: “Adah and Zillah, HEAR My (Lamech’s) Voice; Wives of Lamech, LISTEN to My (Lamech’s) Speech!  For I (Lamech) have KILLED a man for wounding me (Lamech), even a young man for hurting me (Lamech).  If Cain shall be AVENGED Sevenfold, then Lamech Seventy-Sevenfold.”

Cain’s Genealogy

Adam – Cain – Enoch – Irad – Mehujael – Methushael – Lamech

Seth’s Genealogy

Adam – Seth – Enosh – Cainan – Mahalalel – Jared – Enoch – Methuselah – Lamech – Noah

Fellow Believers, this is all The Holy Bible REVEALS to Us about Cain and His Descendants, but it’s interesting that the names of some of Cain’s Children are the same or similar to the names of Seth’s Children.  So, it appears that naming customs were already being formed even this early in Mankind’s Time.  Unlike Seth’s Descendants, whereby We (Believers) are told how long They (Seth’s Descendants) lived, etc., We (Believers) are told virtually nothing, except the names of Cain’s Descendants.

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