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.”
Adam was the first human created, right? Eve was created from Adam. Cain and Abel were their children. Cain killed Abel, so now we are down to three humans, right? So who is going to kill Cain? Where did other people come from?
Genesis 4:15a But the Lord said to him, “Not so; anyone who kills Cain will suffer vengeance seven times over.”
And why does the Lord not want Cain to be killed as punishment for killing Abel? Commentary posits that perhaps it is because of the precarious population and the need to populate further. But God created Adam from dust and Eve from Adam. It doesn’t seem like He’d want to save Cain just to keep Himself from more work.
Genesis 4:15b Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.
Precious Savior, Thank You for the curiosity with which I am reading Your word. I have read it before with no curiosity whatsoever, with only desire to say I read it. That’s no way to be in Your word. I may never get answers to these questions, but thank You for the fact that every verse brings a new question, a new thought to ponder. Help me to draw closer to You in the pondering. Amen.
Genesis 4:16 So Cain went out from the Lord’s presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
Have a blessed day.