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†. Gen 4:17a . . Cain knew his wife,
Adam was created directly from the dust of the earth. Not so Eve. She was
constructed from a human tissue sample amputated from Adam's body. In
other words: Eve's flesh was biologically just as much Adam's flesh as
Adam's except for gender; viz: Eve wasn't a discrete species of human life,
rather; she was the flip side of the same coin.
After God created Adam and Eve, He wrapped creation and has been on
sabbatical every since.
According to the Bible, all human life thereafter came from Eve's flesh.
"Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the
living." (Gen 3:20)
Bottom line: The flesh of Cain's wife descended from his mother's flesh.
NOTE: Seeing as how Eve was the mother of all living, then she was the
mother of Christ; ergo: if Mary was the mother of God, then so was Eve.
An even more convincing example of prehistoric incest is Noah and his three
sons and their wives. Nobody else survived the Flood; ergo: Shem's, Ham's,
and Japheth's children married amongst themselves-- first cousins with first
cousins.
"Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and
Japheth. These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth
was populated." (Gen 9:18-19)
Obviously the human genome was very pure back in those days. The proof
of it is pre-historic human life's amazing longevity-- Adam lived to be 930,
and Noah to 950.
According to Acts 17:26 it was the creator's deliberate design that all human
life descend from a solo specimen. Well, in order for that to happen, people
had to sleep with close relatives in the beginning.
Now as to the "sin" of incest; according to Rom 4:15, Rom 5:13, and Gal
3:17, Bible laws enacted ex post facto are too late; viz: law can't be
enforced until after it's enacted. Well, laws forbidding incest weren't codified
until the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
†. Gen 4:17b . . and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he then
founded a city, and named the city after his son Enoch.
The "city" probably wasn't the kind of city we're used to thinking. The word
for it is from 'iyr (eer) and simply means a community-- a place guarded by
waking or a watch --in the widest sense; even of a mere encampment or
post.
Whether Cain actually lived in a permanent settlement is doubtful since he
was stuck with vagrancy and wandering. Cain's city was very likely nothing
more than a rudimentary village like the towns in the Old West and the
Klondike that grew up around rail heads and mining camps.
Some of those were little more than a village of tents, and that's probably all
that Enochville amounted to. Just a nomadic assembly of Cain's clan where
they could pool their resources, and watch each other's back as they
wandered from place to place in the land of Nod searching for sustenance.
†. Gen 4:18-19 . .To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begot Mehujael,
and Mehujael begot Methusael, and Methusael begot Lamech.
Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other was Zillah.
Adah is from 'Adah (aw-daw') and means: ornament. It's not unusual for
people to name their little girls after jewelry like Pearl, Ruby, Jade, Sapphire,
and Amber. Zillah is from Tsillah (tsil-law') which is derived from tsel (tsale)
and means: shade (or shadow), whether literal or figurative. Shade is a
good thing in sunny locales so Zillah's name may have been associated with
shelter, protection, peace, serenity, and rest-- as in Song 2:3.
Lamech's marriages are the very first incidence of polygamy in the Bible,
and I have yet to see a passage where God either approved or disapproved
of it other than the restrictions imposed upon New Testament church
officers. (e.g. 1Tim 3:2, 1Tim 3:12, and Titus 1:6)
Aside from the obvious sensual benefits men derive from harems; polygamy
does have its practical side. The gestation period for human beings is nine
months. At that rate, it would take a man many years to build up his clan to
a respectable size. But with multiple wives, he could speed things up
considerably. In primitive cultures, large families are very influential, and
their numbers crucial to survival and self preservation.
"Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are sons born to a man in his youth.
Happy is the man who fills his quiver with them; they shall not be put to
shame when they contend with the enemy in the gate." (Ps 127:4-5)
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†. Gen 4:17a . . Cain knew his wife,
Adam was created directly from the dust of the earth. Not so Eve. She was
constructed from a human tissue sample amputated from Adam's body. In
other words: Eve's flesh was biologically just as much Adam's flesh as
Adam's except for gender; viz: Eve wasn't a discrete species of human life,
rather; she was the flip side of the same coin.
After God created Adam and Eve, He wrapped creation and has been on
sabbatical every since.
According to the Bible, all human life thereafter came from Eve's flesh.
"Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the mother of all the
living." (Gen 3:20)
Bottom line: The flesh of Cain's wife descended from his mother's flesh.
NOTE: Seeing as how Eve was the mother of all living, then she was the
mother of Christ; ergo: if Mary was the mother of God, then so was Eve.
An even more convincing example of prehistoric incest is Noah and his three
sons and their wives. Nobody else survived the Flood; ergo: Shem's, Ham's,
and Japheth's children married amongst themselves-- first cousins with first
cousins.
"Now the sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem and Ham and
Japheth. These three were the sons of Noah; and from these the whole earth
was populated." (Gen 9:18-19)
Obviously the human genome was very pure back in those days. The proof
of it is pre-historic human life's amazing longevity-- Adam lived to be 930,
and Noah to 950.
According to Acts 17:26 it was the creator's deliberate design that all human
life descend from a solo specimen. Well, in order for that to happen, people
had to sleep with close relatives in the beginning.
Now as to the "sin" of incest; according to Rom 4:15, Rom 5:13, and Gal
3:17, Bible laws enacted ex post facto are too late; viz: law can't be
enforced until after it's enacted. Well, laws forbidding incest weren't codified
until the covenant that Yhvh's people agreed upon with God as per Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
†. Gen 4:17b . . and she conceived and bore Enoch. And he then
founded a city, and named the city after his son Enoch.
The "city" probably wasn't the kind of city we're used to thinking. The word
for it is from 'iyr (eer) and simply means a community-- a place guarded by
waking or a watch --in the widest sense; even of a mere encampment or
post.
Whether Cain actually lived in a permanent settlement is doubtful since he
was stuck with vagrancy and wandering. Cain's city was very likely nothing
more than a rudimentary village like the towns in the Old West and the
Klondike that grew up around rail heads and mining camps.
Some of those were little more than a village of tents, and that's probably all
that Enochville amounted to. Just a nomadic assembly of Cain's clan where
they could pool their resources, and watch each other's back as they
wandered from place to place in the land of Nod searching for sustenance.
†. Gen 4:18-19 . .To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad begot Mehujael,
and Mehujael begot Methusael, and Methusael begot Lamech.
Lamech took to himself two wives: the name of the one was Adah,
and the name of the other was Zillah.
Adah is from 'Adah (aw-daw') and means: ornament. It's not unusual for
people to name their little girls after jewelry like Pearl, Ruby, Jade, Sapphire,
and Amber. Zillah is from Tsillah (tsil-law') which is derived from tsel (tsale)
and means: shade (or shadow), whether literal or figurative. Shade is a
good thing in sunny locales so Zillah's name may have been associated with
shelter, protection, peace, serenity, and rest-- as in Song 2:3.
Lamech's marriages are the very first incidence of polygamy in the Bible,
and I have yet to see a passage where God either approved or disapproved
of it other than the restrictions imposed upon New Testament church
officers. (e.g. 1Tim 3:2, 1Tim 3:12, and Titus 1:6)
Aside from the obvious sensual benefits men derive from harems; polygamy
does have its practical side. The gestation period for human beings is nine
months. At that rate, it would take a man many years to build up his clan to
a respectable size. But with multiple wives, he could speed things up
considerably. In primitive cultures, large families are very influential, and
their numbers crucial to survival and self preservation.
"Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are sons born to a man in his youth.
Happy is the man who fills his quiver with them; they shall not be put to
shame when they contend with the enemy in the gate." (Ps 127:4-5)
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