Cain was afraid of whom?

[tonychanyt]

Cain spoke to the LORD in Genesis 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 kill me.”

Cain was afraid of his own relatives: brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, etc. They, the avenger of blood (Numbers 35:19-27) might attempt revenge killing.

See Where did Cain's wife come from?.

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

It's entirely possible there were humans outside of the offspring of Adam and Eve.

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Cain spoke to the LORD in Genesis 4:


Cain was afraid of his own relatives: brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, etc. They, the avenger of blood (Numbers 35:19-27) might attempt revenge killing.

See Where did Cain's wife come from?.

This is definitely the Christian world view however I do have my suspicions that this view may not be entirely accurate. Starting with those who were not the sons of God. The giants. Blessings.

 

[tonychanyt]

It's entirely possible there were humans outside of the offspring of Adam and Eve.

Genesis 3:
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

Genesis 3:
20 And Adam called his wife's name Eve; because she was the mother of all living.

The word "all" is not in the Hebrew.

 

[tonychanyt]

The word "all" is not in the Hebrew.

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

You misunderstand. "All" is not there in the verse. It is absent.

 

[benadamm]

It's entirely possible there were humans outside of the offspring of Adam and Eve.

If that were true they would not be people Cain would fear. Cain had not violated anyone outside of the offspring of Adam and Eve.

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

If that were true they would not be people Cain would fear. Cain had not violated anyone outside of the offspring of Adam and Eve.

Adam and Eve were God's representatives of the human race. Nowhere in the Bible does it say Adam and Eve were the only or even earliest humans on Earth.

 

[benadamm]

Adam and Eve were God's representatives of the human race. Nowhere in the Bible does it say Adam and Eve were the only or even earliest humans on Earth.

Other humans would be radically different having not inherited death and not be in a fallen state. It's obvious that there are no humans alive today radically different from the rest of us. We all share one human nature. There is little evidence to support there were other humans.

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

Other humans would be radically different having not inherited death and not be in a fallen state. It's obvious that there are no humans alive today radically different from the rest of us. We all share one human nature. There is little evidence to support there were other humans.

I think Augustine argued that death was present before the fall. It's a topic that has been debated throughout the ages.

 

[tonychanyt]

You misunderstand. "All" is not there in the verse. It is absent.

Westminster Leningrad Codex:
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃

 

[Jesse Dornfeld]

Westminster Leningrad Codex:
וַיִּקְרָ֧א הָֽאָדָ֛ם שֵׁ֥ם אִשְׁתֹּ֖ו חַוָּ֑ה כִּ֛י הִ֥וא הָֽיְתָ֖ה אֵ֥ם כָּל־חָֽי׃

That is interesting. Different Hebrew texts, it steems.

I have not read these books myself but if you would like to get an interesting take, here are two books on the subject.

Amazon.com

https://www.amazon.com/Quest-Historical-Adam-Scientific-Exploration/dp/080287911X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2L2FPONU0UK7E&keywords=The+quest+for+the+historical+adam&qid=1692470607&s=books&sprefix=the+quest+for+the+historical+adam%2Cstripbooks%2C126&sr=1-1

 

[benadamm]

I think Augustine argued that death was present before the fall. It's a topic that has been debated throughout the ages.

Death was present in the world but was not natural for humans.

 

[Jan001]

The Jews' counting of time does not concern itself with what happened before Adam became a living being in the image and likeness of God. Genesis 1:26 That is why this is Year 5784 according to the Jewish calendar.

Genesis 2:7 then the Lord God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Adam is the father of all mankind.

Romans 5:12 Therefore as sin came into the world through one man (Adam) and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned—