Cain and Abel

Genesis 4

1And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man from the LORD.

• Adam and Eve got it on, Eve got pregnant, and had a kid, then credits God for it. God does not "give" people children no more than he gives animals their offspring and makes eggs hatch. It is also worth noting that there is no indication how long Adam and Eve were "slaves" in the Garden of Eden so far in the story before they ate the fruit.
  

2And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

• The second birth. It's worth noting that now there is a shepherd all of a sudden instead of farmers like Adam, Eve, and Cain.
  

3And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD.

• Why is Cain bringing food to God? Does God need to eat? If God doesn't need to eat, then what does he do with the food offered to him? Does he just let it sit on the ground and rot?
  

4And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:

• And now Abel is bringing God meat. These brothers are apparently competing for God's approval by offering things from their respective professions. God has made no mandatory requirements for people to bring "offerings" to him yet, but here they are doing it anyway. And God respects him for it. Does God also let the carcass sit there and rot? Why does God even care about any offerings at all, let alone a meat offering over a fruit?
  

5But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell.

• Now God disregards Cain's offering, shows no respect, and Cain gets upset at Abel for no real reason because it's clearly God's fault for disrespecting the offering.
  

6And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

• Why does God have to ask Cain what is wrong if God is known to be able to read minds and know everything about everyone at once?
  

7If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

• God tells Cain if he does well, then God shall accept him regardless, and if he doesn't do well, sin shall rule over him. Well what is sin at this point? There have been no laws or commandments passed so far that qualify anything as a "sin." God hasn't given any "thou shalls" or "thou shalt nots" in regards to anything yet but not eating of the tree of knowledge. But that's in the past and over with by this point, so it's a sin that can no longer be commited.
  

8And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

• The first murder. God's little "talk" with Cain in the last verse apparently meant nothing to Cain at all. Why would Cain even get mad enough to kill his brother only because God didn't respect his offering? This is a very petty reason.

9And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper?

• The first lie. Here we have God asking questions he should already know if he's omnipotent.
  

10And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

• All of a sudden, the answer hits God because of "blood with a voice." If not for this "talking blood," God wouldn't have known Cain was lying. This is a very strange characteristic of both God and Blood.
  

11And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

• Cursed "from" the Earth? The Earth is a "her," and has a mouth? I'm sure this is all metaphor.
  

12When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

• This is the first verse where God has to have the characteristic of omnipotent and omnipresent in order to make sure Cain's "curse" is sticking to him. God must always be watching over the Earth wherever Cain is "tilling" the ground in order to make sure the Earth isn't "yielding unto Cain's crops her strength." This curse is actually more like a cursing of his crops. Weird.
  

13And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear. 14Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.

• These verses don't make a lot of sense. First of all, Cain is talking about being driven off the face of the Earth. This does not make sense. You can't leave Earth, unless of course it's flat and you can fall off. But we know that's not the case. Secondly, God has a face to hide from? How can you hide from God if he's omnipresent? Third, why is Cain so worried about being found and killed by anyone if the only people that are on Earth right now are supposedly Adam, Eve, and Cain? This does not make sense, either.
  

15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

• How can vengeance be taken on Cain "sevenfold" if the vengeance to be taken on him is death? You can't kill someone seven times. And what kind of "mark" does God put on a man to let others know to kill him on sight? Sounds like a wanted poster. Why doesn't God just kill him? God commits mass murder a lot throughout the Bible for various petty reasons.
  

16And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

• Apparently, God's presence has a limit. This eliminates God making sure that the Earth Cain's crops is grown on is cursed. Now the next part is VERY interesting. The land of Nod roughly translates as the "land of wanderers," which coincides with Cain being a vagabond. So apparently, as we'll see later, the land of Nod is actually more like a city. Also, east of Eden is not "off the face of the Earth."
  

17And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

• This is interesting. Cain's "curse" doesn't seem like much of a curse at all. Cain all of a sudden has a wife, a child, and builds a city all by himself. Where did this wife come from and where did these people in the "land of nod" all of a sudden come from? And how does this city Cain builds miraculously have a population? A city is not a city without people in it. This makes NO SENSE AT ALL. The only people supposed to be alive right now are Adam, Eve, and Cain.
  

18And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

• An interesting thing to point out is Enoch begins to have children, and a wife is not mentioned. Incest was actually very commonly practiced in ancient times for reasons of bloodlines, and there are multiple cases of incest in the Bible. The mother of Enoch's children could very well be Cain's wife, or a sister who is not mentioned. If his wife and mother of his children is outside of his family, then this verifies that there were other people around for Enoch to have children with.
  

19And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah. 20And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle.

• Here we have two wives for Lamech. Polygamy was very common in Biblical times as well. This is pretty much adultery according to todays standards and laws. But as long as you're legally married to two or more wives, then this wouldn't be adultery I suppose.
  

21And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.

• This is interesting. In the first hundred or two years or so of the first generations of people, they create musical instruments. The harp, which in the Hebrew origin of a harp is more like a lyre, and can be traced back to about 4,000 BC in Egypt. The organ instrument, which is translated from the Hebrew word "magrepha" can only be traced back to about as far as 1000 BC to King David, but it's certain that King David isn't the one who invented it. The name of one of the parts on a magrepha organ can be traced back to having Egyptian roots. King David is said to actually have both of these instruments. However, Egypt isn't even supposed to be in existence in the story so far. Also, it is incredibly unlikely that one man invented these two instruments in his lifetime. The "magrepha" is actually quite complex. The history of these instruments alone are contradictory of this verse in the Bible.
  

22And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

• This verse is fascinating. Here is an "instructor" of the metalworking of brass and iron. Being an instructor means he had to have a teacher Tubalcain learned from that learned from someone else and so on. The historical record shows that remnants of ancient mines have been found all over what is today the Middle East. The end of the prehistorical beginnings of metalworking occurs sometime around 6000 BCE when copper smelting became common in the Middle East. This verse is saying they were already on to brass and iron. Metalworking and all of it's techniques weren't just "suddenly" invented. It was a process that took thousands of years to develop and refine into multiple techniques and specialties. Creationists believe the Earth is around 6,000 years old according to the Bible, but even the simple history of metalworking alone puts it well over 8000 years old.

23And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

• I see little importance here of anything other than a mention of Cain and avenging death 77 fold instead of 7 fold. A weird statement indeed.
  

25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

• It suddenly ends the Generations of Cain and goes back to more of Adam and Eve's generations. This goes back in time because the story went off into Cain's family bloodlines and accounts for 6 generations of children. All of which grew up and had children of their own and so on. It's interesting to note that the Bible has ridiculous ages for people that it mentions soon after this chapter, and most of them don't have their first children until they're about 100 years old or so on average. So it pretty much went up to about 600 and more years ahead of time or so in the story so far, then came back in time to continue on with Adam and Eve's bloodline.
  

26And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD.

• This is interesting because it says that people began to call upon the name of the Lord. Kind of like prayer, I suppose. God actually has at least three names sourced from various ancient texts. "Elohim, Jehovah, and Yahweh."
  

This whole chapter contains nonsense and has quite a few errors and anomalies. One of these anomalies is when Cain is banished, he somehow mysteriously and suddenly has a wife, has a child, and then builds a city with a population that miraculously appears. As I've pointed out before, there are verses that suggest that "Adam" is actually the first colony of men, not a single man. (Gen- 1:26, 5:1-2) Many verses make more sense when Adam, and even Eve in some cases, are considered as colonies. With enough time, people of the "Adam" civilization would eventually spread out some. This would account for these wives and populations that miraculously appear.
And yet, the popular belief is that Adam and Eve are two individual people. This is why people should carefully read the Bible and put EACH verse into their own contexts and cross reference things like I mention above. The Bible suddenly becomes VERY interesting in some ways when read and thought about properly.