Bible said that cain killed abel and was cursed by god, leaving only three people on earth adam, eve and cain. Some of these viewpoints are briefly mentioned here. Marriage of adams sons to his daughters at the beginning. The problem with cain was that he wanted to marry his own twin rather than abel s twin, and so that started the hostilities. Our sages explain that this verse is referring to g. They both did and abel sacrifice was accepted while cain s wasnt. The short answer is that the brothers had to marry their sisters. We know that adam and eve had other sons and daughters in addition to abel, cain, and seth gen. King david writes, the world was built with kindness. We learn that he married and had descendants, but the bible is strangely mute about his death. Abel s wives in islam what ive learned is that adam and hawwa had malefemale twins from each pregnancy.
Cain became a farmer and made an offering of his fruit to god. Cain was the first son of adam and eve, followed by abel. Skeptics of the bible have used cains wife time and again to discredit the book of genesis as a true historical record. They did not know how to decide which one of them should marry her. Each of them presented a sacrifice to god but it was accepted only from abel, because of the latters righteous attitude and his faith and firm belief in god. Or did they fornicate with their own younger sisters that mommy and daddy provided so their oldest sons could get some. Abel and cain habil and qabil, the sons of adam knowing allah.
Cain kills his brother abel for some reason or other. Seth, in judaism, christianity, mandaeism, sethianism, and islam, was the third son of adam and eve and brother of cain and abel, their only other children mentioned by name in the hebrew bible. When cain and abel exited puberty and became capable of. Abel justly warned cain that god only accepted the sacrifice of those that are righteous in their doings. Story of cain and abel another myth from islam christianity. People should be laughed to scorn for such childish grasping. Eve had many more children than just cain, abel, and seth.
What was the mark of cain, and why did god have to put a mark on since there were no other people on the earth. He would not let abel marry her though he had the right to do so. Rabbi menachem posner serves as staff editor at, the worlds largest jewish informational website. And cain went out from the presence of the lord, and dwelt in the land of nod, on the east of eden. Habeel and qabeel abel and cain the world was very big. They could have advanced to a considerable age before cain killed abel. Abel on the other hand who was stronger out of the two men said to his brother that he wont commit the same evil act as cain rather he will endure patience because of his fear for god. Cain and abel, sons of adam and eve, are the first pair of siblings described in the torah. God did not create other people groups from which cain chose a wife, as we are all made of one blood acts 17. Based on the revelations from allah, adam ordered both to sacrifice, who received the kurbanya then he was entitled to virtue marrying the twin sister of qabil. Adam and eve were the first two persons in this world and that makes their sons the third and fourth person. Although islam does not traditionally view abel as a prophet, some scholars speak of him as a prophet like his father.
Abel maintained that he should marry her because she was his triplet. So the short answer is that cain would have married one of his sisters. After the two brothers presented offerings to god, cain murdered abel. Therefore, the period from cain s birth to abel s death may have been 100 years or moreallowing plenty of time for other children of adam and eve to marry and have children and grandchildren.
As a result cain became really furious with abel and threatened to kill him. Deals with this question from the king james version bible. The pair of cain and abel in the bible versus the pair of qabil and habil in the islamic tradition. They had a rocky relationship that culminated in a heated quarrel, which ended with cain the torahs description of their life is brief and cryptic murdering his younger brother. Without long cutandpastes from online quran sources, could you tell me how, according to islam, cain got married.
Abel habil wanted to marry the sister of cain cabil. In the book of genesis, we are told about cains birth, his violent act of fratricide and his subsequent exile. Cain who was older than abel and his twin sister was very beautiful. Abel married cains twin sister and cain married abels twin sister. Sep 08, 2009 cains sister was not beautiful while abels sister was beautiful and as a result cain wanted his twin sister for himself. King david writes,2 the world was built with kindness. Jul 06, 2006 the question of who cain s wife is has been a big question between doubters of christianity and believers in christianity. Travis shaffer, pastor of greenvale baptist church in gray station tn. Indeed, cain and abel had to marry their sisters, considering that there were no other women around. When i got to the section entitled, cain and abel, sons of adam, i read.
Adam used to marry the son of a birth to the daughter of another birth. By the time abel was killed, there may have been a considerable number of descendants of adam and eve involving several generations. Marriage of adams sons to his daughters at the beginning of creation. Adam knew his wife eve and when she conceived and bore cain she said, i have born a man with the help of god. Cain, a farmer, became enraged when the lord accepted the offering of his brother abel, a shepherd, in preference to his own.
The assumption seems to be that cain and abel were the first two children of adam and eve. Cain, in the bible hebrew bible, or old testament, firstborn son of adam and eve, who murdered his brother abel genesis 4. If the lifespans of the 300 were roughly that of the patriarchs of genesis 5, death from old age would not have occurred by that point. Cain and abel in islam wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. So adam asked each one of them to give a nazar an offering to allah. The brothers made sacrifices to god, each of his own produce, but god favored abel s sacrifice instead of cain s. Cain became enamored with his ability to create in partnership with god, and became entranced by the products of that enterprise. Although cain does seem to be the firstborn, the text is not clear that abel was the second born, but only that he was the second son. So he blessed adam and hawa so that they had two children every day a son and a daughter for a long time.
In the garden of eden, who did cain and abel marry. Jewish, christian, and muslim sources all transmit some version of this motif, but the details vary widely. The reason, is because we traditionally enter the scriptures under the premise that, when the lord god created man from the dust of the earth, this was the seminal moment when god created the first of all mankind genesis 2. These are the generations of adam as if to say, somehow, that these are the. The males from one set of twins married the female from another set, and so on. And the lord set a mark upon cain, lest any finding him should kill him. Hope you understand and can opinionrise on this knowledge seeking question.
Scholars have long recognized muhammads spiritual debt to the. Pdf the story of cain and abel in the quran and the muslim. Cain, the firstborn, was a farmer, and his brother abel was a shepherd. Cain feared that in his exile he could be killed by anyone, so. Where did cain meet his wife and who gave birth to cain s wife. What this atheist learned from the cain and abel myth. Does islam have an answer to the cains wife question. Sep, 2007 therefore, the time period from cains birth to abels death may have been 100 years or moreallowing plenty of time for other children of adam and eve to marry and have children.
Cain said to his brother abel, let us go out in the field. Cain claimed the right to this sister because he was the firstborn. He has been writing, researching, and editing for since. Who did cain and abel marry since women, other than eve, are not mentioned in the early part of genesis. Because of cain s sin, he is branded with a mark and sent away. According to it, in 231 am seth married his sister, azura, who was four years. Cain then either takes one of his sisters in the version featuring aqlima, abel also has a twin sister and marries her after his flight from home, or he is in fact already married to her at this point. With whom did abel and later his younger brother seth got married. Of adams first children, cain was the elder son and abel the younger. Obviously, muhammad had derived the name qaroun from the name haroun and made these two a pair 9 because of the following biblical teachings, which he awkwardly did not include into his quran. Answering who did cain marry, is a difficult and perplexing pursuit. Cain killed abel, was exiled by god, and then in genesis 4. Qabil and habil are believed by muslims to have been the first two sons of adam arabic. The story of cain and abel was a further battle in the same war a war centered on how man is meant to relate to the passions, the creative will, that surges inside of him.
According to the bible, cain travelled to a town called nod, married and gave birth to children with her. There is hardly a line of the quran which does not reflect this deep. The cain and abel story is well known to biblical audiences for its. He further went on to tell cain that if cain did indeed try to slay him, 2 abel would not retaliate and slay him because the godfearing would never murder for the sake of envy. Shet was a third son born to eve, a son born after cain killed abel, and the text tells us that shet, in eves mind, constituted a replacement of sorts for her murdered son, abel see 4. The couples first three children were cain, abel and seth, after he begot seth, were eight hundred years. The limit the bible puts on the age of cain and abel is years.
The story of cain s murder of abel and its consequences is told in genesis 4. Because islam is not base on opinions but with proofs and evidences. Since it was not forbidden by god to marry a sibling. The book of genesis tells us that adam and eve had two sons, cain and abel. The question of who cain s wife is has been a big question between doubters of christianity and believers in christianity. How could cain have wrapped his mind around the concept of murder. Both of them wanted to marry the same girl, who was very beautiful. Tell them you the authentic story of the two sons of adam, when an oblation was offered and he was accepted to one but the other is not. Ive heard some pretty farfetched explanations to this question, like, the first humans were so pure they werent tainted by consanguinity. By the time abel was killed, there could well have been a considerable number of descendants of adam and eve, involving several generations.
If he had made others, these people would not have been able to be saved from their sins, since only descendants of adam can be savedthats why it was so important for jesus to be adams descendant. The verse presumes a sizeable population which genesis does not otherwise explain. When they were in the field, cain attacked his brother abel and killed him. It is possible that some of the 300 died from other causes, but it is also likely that children were being born sooner than every two years and that twins were common since god wished for the earth to be filled genesis 1. Adam you order cain who married his sister, with abel. The debate over who became the wife of cain and abel has gone on for centuries. If god created adam and eve, how did they populate the. Cain then either takes one of his sisters in the version featuring aqlima, abel also has a twin sister and marries her after his flight from home, or.
Out of jealousy, cain takes his brother out into the field and kills him. He wanted people everywhere in the coldest and hottest of places, in the deserts, the forests, and the mountains. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. Indonesia, iran, islamic republic of, iraq, ireland, isle of man, israel, italy, jamaica. Without long cut and pastes from online quran sources, could you tell me how, according to islam, cain got married. Clearly, cain murdered abel and yet many people were born. Some ancient sources, for example, say cain and abel each had a twin sister but fought over who would marry the one who was more beautiful. Therefore, the period from cains birth to abels death may have been 100 years or moreallowing plenty of time for other children of adam and eve to marry and have children and grandchildren.
They both did and abel sacrifice was accepted while cains wasnt. He murdered abel and was banished by the lord from the settled country. The understanding in the sisterwife interpretation is basic and standard. We are not told specifically how many, but we are told that adam lived 930 years. When cain and abel exited puberty and became capable of screwing women and producing offspring, ther. Most bible readers assume cain was jealous of his brother because god accepted abel s offering but rejected cain s. Seth, in judaism, christianity, mandaeism, sethianism, and islam, was the third son of adam and eve and brother of cain and abel, their only other children. Now, i will tell you the story of habeel abel and qabeel cain, the sons of adam and hawa. S refused and instead told cain and abel to offer a sheep each for sacrifice. If he had made others, these people would not have been able to be saved from their sins, since only descendants of adam can be savedthats why. Their story is recorded in genesis,1 but aside from an account of their birth, their bringing an offering to g. Abel s sacrifice is accepted, but cain s sacrifice is not.
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