GENESIS: Controversial bible questions : WHO Was Cain's Wife?

ANSWER:
By Munashe Soka

About 5 years ago i was approached by some bible critics who argued with me about certain issues in the bible. One of the questions they posed was, 'Who was Cain's Wife?' They were leaning toward the teaching that since the bible records that Adam and Eve had two sons only before Cain killed Abel his brother but when Abel had died the bible records that Cain knew his wife and bore a son.
The question they posed was that who then was Cain's wife since Adam and Eve had no daughters at that time? They were saying that Cain slept with his mother because she was the only female at that time.

Of course they were wrong. Cain didn't sleep with his mother. If you study Genesis well you will notice that Adam and Eve had other sons and daughters whose names were not recorded.

The Bible does not, in detail, say who Cain’s wife was. A careful study of Genesis may lead us to the conclusion that Cain's wife was his sister, or maybe the daughter of his sister or the daughter of his brother.

Genesis 4 does not say Cain was the first born. Who knows? Maybe Cain was a second born. I’m saying this because the book of genesis does not mention the names of the female children in the genealogy. Maybe Adam and Eve had born daughters before they bore Cain. Who knows? And Cain could have been the first male child.

Also the bible does not tell us how old Cain was when he killed Abel. Its obvious they were both full-grown adults at that time, possibly with families of their own.

I say this with no doubt, Adam and Eve had given birth to other children not just Cain and Abel at the time when Cain killed his brother Abel. They unquestionably had a lot more children later according to Genesis 5:4.

Genesis 5:4 says, “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:”

The other evidence is that Cain was scared for his own life after he killed Abel (Genesis 4:14).It clearly shows that there were many other children and possibly even grandchildren of Adam and Eve already living at that time.

So the answer is : Cain's wife (Genesis 4:17) was a daughter orgranddaughter of Adam and Eve.

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