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Originally Posted by Guy
Sorry to bother u Brother V - Where did Cain get his wife from? He didn't marry an ol' monkey did he - or a Nigra?
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Genesis 4:16 And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.
17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
The way I read it, (with no interpretation) is Cain's wife was part of the people that the LORD made on day 6, when He said "
Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:" in Genesis 1:26.
According to Wiki, it claims that Cain married his sister Awan (this is supposedly in the book of jubilees).
Now, some people claim that the "land of nod" means a place of wandering, and that Cain was forced to wander forever (somehow escaping the flood). But we later see that Cain founded a city and named it for his son Enoch, so, the curse of wandering obviously wasn't a very strong one.
Hope this helps
YIC
v