Questions tagged [cain]
Son of Adam who killed his brother Abel.
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Was Noah and/or his family fully or partially descendant from Cain?
The patrilineal lineage of Noah is, according to Genesis, descendant from Seth. However, Genesis doesn't mention anything about the wives of those fathers, nor does it mention anything about the ...
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Who would Cain be worried about slaying him in Gen 4:14? Up till this point, all that are mentioned are Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel [duplicate]
Were there other people outside of Eden before Adam and Eve had to leave?
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An explanation from Calvinist about why Cain's offering is not accepted by God?
This question is following the question before, where Calvin said :
We must, however, notice the order here observed by Moses; for he does
not simply state that the worship which Abel had paid ...
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Was Abel regenerated before the offering according to the Calvinist?
Genesis 4:4–5 [Berean Study Bible]
(4) The LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering
(5) but He had no regard for Cain and his offering
I'm in the middle of conversation with a Calvinist ...
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Election, Gods Sovereignty and Is Cain Saved?
Does Calvinism (and those who believe in Unconditional Election) teach that Cain was elected to Salvation?
This is my source for defining Unconditional Election.
Unconditional Election:
God does ...
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Do Mormons believe that black skin originated as a curse by God?
This question is a bit related to this other question, which is asking about the curse of Cain.
One of the answers in this other question refers to the "Book of Moses" (part of Book of Mormon), ...
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Who was Cain afraid of?
After Cain kills Abel and God gives him protection, who is he being protected from?
Genesis 4:14
Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your
presence; I will be a ...
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According to Calvinists, why did God say what He did to Cain in Genesis 4:7?
Both high and low Calvinists from this Wiki say that God authorized the Fall, by which all deserve to be condemned.
Me: If there is no predestination at all, both Cain and Abel will end up in hell.
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Explain she bore again from Genesis-when Eve gave birth to Cain & Able?...who was Cains fathet? [closed]
In Genesis,..when it reads she(Eve) bore again,is that referring to that Able being born 1st was actually Adam son-but then she gave birth again(implying right after Ables birth,...meaning they were ...
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What is the LDS church's stance on the curse of Cain?
Since the restoration, the LDS Church has taught that certain dark skinned people were cursed to be cut off from the presence of the Lord:
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Who is Enoch's mother? How is Enoch born? [duplicate]
Adam and Eve had two children Cain and Abel. Cain killed Abel.
There is no knowledge about a female companion for Cain(male) in the Bible.
Genesis 4:17 Cain had a son Enoch.
Who is Enoch's mother? ...
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How did Cain kill Abel?
Genesis 4:8
Cain said to his brother Abel, “Let us go out in the field.”* When they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
* [4:8] Let us go out in the field: to avoid ...
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Which people in the Bible are antichrists?
Mormons have the view that antichrist refers to anyone who lives to deny/replace Christ. Korihor, Sherem, and Nehor are examples from the Book of Mormon; are there specific people from the Bible?
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Was Cain a descendant of the serpent, through Eve?
In an article by Ben Heath titled Sex Affair in the Garden of Eden, he claims that the sin for which God expelled Adam and Eve from the garden was sexual intercourse with the serpent.
Heath goes on ...
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With whom did Cain and Abel marry? [duplicate]
I saw a similar question But the answers wasn't clear to me. Simply how did Cain and Abel have children?
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Did God's curse on Cain extend to only Cain, Cain's descendants or to everyone?
When God cursed Cain for killing Abel, did that curse extend to Cain's offspring, to Cain alone, or to everyone? God tells Cain:
"And now you are cursed from the ground, which has opened its mouth ...
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Does Cain still have descendants on the earth? [closed]
According to Genesis 5:
3 When Adam had lived 130 years, he had a son in his own likeness, in
his own image; and he named him Seth. 4 After Seth was born, Adam
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Did God create other people besides Adam and Eve? [closed]
After Cain killed Abel, he was cast away and said "whoever finds me will kill me", there he took a wife.
I think this indicates there were other people on the face of the earth created by God, but ...
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Why is Cain afraid when he is driven away from God? [closed]
When God punishes Cain, he replies:
Gen 4:14 Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth,
and whoever finds me will ...
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Is Cain saved or he will go into the eternal perdition? [closed]
This question is about speculations that might have taken place in Christianity on the matter of Cain's destiny - whether he will be in the kingdom of God (which means that he is saved) or he will go ...
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How did the world get populated according to Bible?
Adam and Eve had only three sons (Cain, Abel, and Seth), but no daughters: how did the world get populated?
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What has the LDS Church (Mormons) historically taught about the Curse of Cain and dark skin?
I have heard that people with black skin had been denied certain things in the Mormon Church until the past 30 years or so and that this has something to do with the Curse of Cain. What has been the ...
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How could Cain have built Enoch? [closed]
God cursed Cain to be an eternal wanderer:
Genesis 4:12 King James Version
When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee
her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt ...
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How did Cain and Abel know to offer sacrifices before the Law of Moses?
Genesis 4 has always bothered me. The story of God accepting Abel's sacrifice and not Cain's has led me to wonder: How did they even know to sacrifice? Was this practice started by Adam? Or did God ...
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