For today’s post we will tackle the question the Skeptic Annotated Bible asked: What became of Cain?
Here are the two answers which the skeptic believes indicate a Bible contradiction:
He was a fugitive and a vagabond.
“Now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand. 12 When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a wanderer and a drifter on the earth.” (Genesis 4:11-12)
He settled down, married, had a son, and built a city.
“Then Cain left the presence of the Lord, and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden. 17 Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city, and named the city Enoch, after the name of his son.” (Genesis 4:16-17)
(All Scriptural quotation comes from the New American Standard Bible)
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