In order to understand where Cain's wife came from (
She was not a daughter, nor granddaughter; or even a relative of Adam and Eve; or Abel nor Seth, etc.), we need to, first, know that:
1) The Adam of
Genesis 2:8-4:1 was only the main Adam; and not the only [a]dam that GOD Created, which are mentioned and/or alluded to in
Genesis 1:26-2:7;
It is in
Genesis 1:28-30,
2:7, that we are given the details of GOD’s Creation of “
man”-kind, and not The Adam of
Genesis 2:8-4:1.
2) The Adam of
Genesis 2:8-4:1 did not name all the animals of Planet Earth;
Adam didn’t name all the animals on “
the earth”; but only the ones that GOD “
brought” to him (and note the words “
the field”, as opposed to “
the earth” that is used in
Genesis 1:1-2:6). Now, unless GOD brought “
the fish of the sea” to Adam to be named, he didn’t name them either.
3) The Adam of
Genesis 2:8-4:1 was not one of the ones that GOD addresses in
Genesis 1:28-30.
There is yet to be an Eve, although GOD, on “
the sixth day”, has already “
created” them “
male and female” and “
GOD” has already “
blessed them, and. . .said unto them, Be
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air,
and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”, and no further mentioning of this blessing is made anywhere in Chapter two.
4) Cain’s future wife was already a resident of “
the land of Nod”, before he arrived there.
We’re told in
Genesis 4:6 that, “
And Cain went out from the presence of THE LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.”; in order for us to know that it was “
the land of Nod”, it had to have been already named, because it was already occupied by humans. . .otherwise, telling us that it was “
the land of Nod” would make absolutely no sense; it would have been meaningless. . .especially since “
Nod” is never again mentioned in Scripture.
5) In Genesis 6, prior to “
The Flood”, we’re [re]introduced to some beings referred to as “
the sons of GOD”, and others who are referred to as “
the daughters of men”.
Cain’s wife was one of the off-springs of one of “the sons of GOD”; These same “
sons of GOD” are those Created by GOD and spoken to in
Genesis 1:26-30 (and also about in
Genesis 2:7).
And here we have the identity of “Cain’s Wife”.
Questions and/or comments are welcomed.