Remember, the people that were quoted and wrote the Bible lived many, many years ago and did not have a very good sense of the world itself or events that occurred and they witnessed. You can only write or relate to someone else in terms of your own understanding.
If Adam And Eve And Their Two Sons Were The Only People On Earth At The Time Where Did The People That Cain Built His City For Come From And Where Did His Wife Come From?
Remember, the people that were quoted and wrote the Bible lived many, many years ago and did not have a very good sense of the world itself or events that occurred and they witnessed. You can only write or relate to someone else in terms of your own understanding.
Adam and Eve had more than two children. For Genesis 5:4 says: “And the days of Adam after his fathering Seth came to be eight hundred years. Meanwhile he became father to sons and daughters.” This meant that Cain and Abel had sisters, and possibly other brothers not listed by name. These grew up together as earth’s original family.
Cain’s wife was a descendant of Eve born on an unknown date. He later went into banishment in “the land of Fugitiveness to the east of Eden,” taking with him his wife. (Genesis 4:6,7) Following the birth of his son Enoch, Cain “engaged in building a city,” naming it for his son. Such city may have been but a fortified village by present standards, and the record does not state when it was completed. His descendants are listed in part and include men who distinguished themselves in nomadic stock raising, the playing of musical instruments, and the forging of metal tools as well as those who were known for their practice of polygamy and their violence. (Genesis 4:17-24) Cain’s line ended with the global Flood of Noah’s day.