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Who Was The Women That Cain Married?

Arkholt

Arkholt

Non-vessel
I assume you're asking this from a Biblical perspective, and want an answer from the Bible. If that's the case... well, I always assumed she was one of Adam and Eve's children.
 
gnostic

gnostic

The Lost One
According to Genesis 5:4:

Genesis 5:4 said:
After Seth was born, Adam lived 800 years and had other sons and daughters.
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I agreed with you, that the only mention of daughters (as well sons) of Adam and Eve, were after Seth's birth, in the Genesis. But I also have to agree with ChristineES, that Cain married his sister.

However, according to the Book of Jubilees, one of the daughters was born in the 5th Jubilee, after Abel (born in 4th Julibee). Her name is Awan.

Book of Julibee IV 1 said:
And in the third week in the second jubilee she gave birth to Cain, and in the fourth she gave birth to Abel, and in the fifth she gave birth to her daughter ’Âwân.
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The 2nd daughter was named ’Azûrâ:

Book of Julibee IV 7-9 said:
And Adam and his wife mourned for Abel four weeks of years, and in the fourth year (99-127) of the fifth week they became joyful, and Adam knew his wife again, and she bare him a son, and he 1 called his name Seth; for he said "God hath raised up a second seed unto us on the earth instead of Abel; for Cain slew him." 2 8. And in the sixth week he begat his daughter ’Azûrâ. 9. And Cain took ’Âwân his sister to be his wife and she bare him Enoch 3 at the close of the fourth jubilee.
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So Cain married ’Âwân.

The Book of Jubilees is the only book I know of that mention Cain's wife by name. The Book of Jubilees was most likely composed in 3rd-2nd century BC. The translation is found in the Sacred Texts, and it is copied from the original translation by R.H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 1913.

But in another source the Haggada, the rejection of Cain's sacrifice was only just one of the factors why Cain murdered his brother.

The other factor is that Cain was in love with Abel's twin sister, who is unnamed.

The Legends of the Jews Book 1 said:
But this was not the only cause of Cain's hatred toward Abel. Partly love for a woman brought about the crime. To ensure the propagation of the human race, a girl, destined to be his wife, was born together with each of the sons of Adam. Abel's twin sister was of exquisite beauty, and Cain desired her. Therefore he was constantly brooding over ways and means of ridding himself of his brother.
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The Haggada has been translated into English, called The Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg, 1909, also found at Sacred Texts.

I hoped help with your inquiry.
 
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gnostic

gnostic

The Lost One
averageJOE said:
Why is this information left out of the bible though?
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Probably deem some women as being unimportant to be given names, despite that some patriarchs were important.

The same goes for some of the children. Some children of patriarchs were not named. And the one received notice, but others remained anonymous.

The names, I have given in my last post about the Book of Jubilees, don't mean that were there real names of Adam's daughters.
 
gnostic

gnostic

The Lost One
Harmonius is an Orthodox Jew, so she believed in the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures), which you called the Old Testament Bible. So I'm assuming that she only believe in only half of your Christian Bible; just not your Christian texts.

BTW, you don't need to create 2 of the same topic.
 
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Harmonious

Well-Known Member
gnostic said:
Harmonius is an Orthodox Jew, so she believed in the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures), which you called the Old Testament Bible. So I'm assuming that she only believe in only half of your Christian Bible; just not your Christian texts.
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:) Thank you for explaining it so well.
 
hotep

hotep

Member
gnostic said:
Harmonius is an Orthodox Jew, so she believed in the Tanakh (Hebrew Scriptures), which you called the Old Testament Bible. So I'm assuming that she only believe in only half of your Christian Bible; just not your Christian texts.

BTW, you don't need to create 2 of the same topic.
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what or who do you follow for your path of life?



peace
 
hotep

hotep

Member
gnostic said:
According to Genesis 5:4:



I agreed with you, that the only mention of daughters (as well sons) of Adam and Eve, were after Seth's birth, in the Genesis. But I also have to agree with ChristineES, that Cain married his sister.

However, according to the Book of Jubilees, one of the daughters was born in the 5th Jubilee, after Abel (born in 4th Julibee). Her name is Awan.



The 2nd daughter was named ’Azûrâ:



So Cain married ’Âwân.

The Book of Jubilees is the only book I know of that mention Cain's wife by name. The Book of Jubilees was most likely composed in 3rd-2nd century BC. The translation is found in the Sacred Texts, and it is copied from the original translation by R.H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 1913.

But in another source the Haggada, the rejection of Cain's sacrifice was only just one of the factors why Cain murdered his brother.

The other factor is that Cain was in love with Abel's twin sister, who is unnamed.



The Haggada has been translated into English, called The Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg, 1909, also found at Sacred Texts.

I hoped help with your inquiry.
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you said that you agree with the christains.

are you a christian?

if not why would you agree with them when the bible that they have does not have those books that you cited?

in short brother what do you believe?

peace
 
hotep

hotep

Member
gnostic said:
According to Genesis 5:4:



I agreed with you, that the only mention of daughters (as well sons) of Adam and Eve, were after Seth's birth, in the Genesis. But I also have to agree with ChristineES, that Cain married his sister.

However, according to the Book of Jubilees, one of the daughters was born in the 5th Jubilee, after Abel (born in 4th Julibee). Her name is Awan.



The 2nd daughter was named ’Azûrâ:



So Cain married ’Âwân.

The Book of Jubilees is the only book I know of that mention Cain's wife by name. The Book of Jubilees was most likely composed in 3rd-2nd century BC. The translation is found in the Sacred Texts, and it is copied from the original translation by R.H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament, 1913.

But in another source the Haggada, the rejection of Cain's sacrifice was only just one of the factors why Cain murdered his brother.

The other factor is that Cain was in love with Abel's twin sister, who is unnamed.



The Haggada has been translated into English, called The Legends of the Jews, by Louis Ginzberg, 1909, also found at Sacred Texts.

I hoped help with your inquiry.
Click to expand...




you said that you agree with the christains.

are you a christian?

if not why would you agree with them when the bible that they have does not have those books that you cited?

in short brother what do you believe?

peace
 
keithnurse

keithnurse

Active Member
What do you think about understanding the stories of Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel as mythology? not as stories that are false but as sacred stories that may not have actually happened but have some spiritual truth to them? This would get rid of the question of where did Cain get his wife.
 
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