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3363.—Cain and His Wife, Gen. 4: 16, 17

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 28, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 9.

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3363.—Cain and His Wife, Gen. 4: 16, 17

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Will you please explain for me Gen. 4:16, 17? And who was Cain’s wife?
Cain deserved to die, but the Lord reserved that punishment for Himself. Therefore, as the Revised Version reads, God “appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should smite him.” Verse 15. Then Cain became a wanderer, for “the land of Nod” means “the land of wandering.” His wife was his own sister, one of Adam’s daughters. Many years may have elapsed between verses 16 and 17.