This Monkey Business Was Not For Cain
If you want a clear and proper understanding of the Bible, then it is vital that you rid your mind of the rubbish dumped there by the hordes whose only objective is to obfuscate and mislead.
It is unfortunately true that much of the rubbish dumped in our minds is as a result of unwise choices in reading material, and TV programmes that are spiritually toxic, and listening to radio programmes that undermine and pour scorn on tenets of our faith.
The rubbish dumped in our minds may not be dumped in one huge load, rather it may have been done over time in small, sometimes imperceptible, secretions but the end result is that we have corrupt minds more inclined to accept foolishness as truth.
Paul spoke
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This is a typical truncated version of Melchisedec’s history and biography. Melchisedec, at the very least, must have been born somewhere, had parents and died at some age, but none of that is documented.
It is not hard to provide other examples of truncated histories and biographies; but I don’t think it is necessary to do so for a proper understanding.
The scripture quoted, Genesis 4:16-17, is a typical truncated version of Cain’s history.
Here is what we know.
When Cain married, it has been generally accepted, that he did so approximately 160 years after he left Eden. (Cain did not marry as soon as he set foot in Nod.)
During that period of 160 years Adam had many girl children, “And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:4)
Seth also had sons and daughters, “And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters.” (Genesis 5:7)
Let us remember that it was okay to marry your sister, or your niece during this period of innocence because there was no law against it. The law prohibiting such sex/marriages was given by God and enacted by Moses some 2,000 years later (Leviticus