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bel. Anu tneso toei Pot~
tells US Were the only ones upOa earth at the
time. Well after Cain murdered his only
brother. he vent iato the land Of Nod, and
there found him vie. Now, | WAnt TO know
these being the only three individuals IN the
world-uho was Gains wife : Not his sister,
for he had no sister unlil eight hundred years
after Seth vas born. and seth's birth doesn't
seem 10 take place until after Gains marriage
TO The young woman who dwslt In the land Of
Nod: and want somebody, I don't care
whether priest or layman. to tell me, and also
enlighten host Of other folks, who was Gains
wife ? What was her name9 And after these
questions are satisfactorily answered, have
got another to PROFOUND.
.... -.. DI VERNON.
The above paragraph has been passing the
rounds, and an answer Is asked for, We will
try TO give il. We will FIRST answer it BY no.
licing its falsehoOds
1. his not true that the Bible says there
we're but four persons on the earth a: this time.
9. Its not true that the Bible says Cain
found his wife in the laud OfEOd.
5. II is not true thGt the Bible says after
Abel's death there were but three persons up
on the earth.
4. It's not true that the Bible says Cain
had no sister until eight hundred years after
Seth was born.
s. Il is not true that the Bible says Seth 3
birth did not take place until after Gains mar
rage.
6. Nor is it true that the Bible says that
Cain was married TO young woman in the
land Of Nod.
The truth is,
i |. That Eve is called the mother OF all
living before anything is said about the birth
Of Cain and Abel.
2. Tha. the Bible Is not intended to be full
and complete history Of every son and dau
ghter of Adam and Eve, nor of every even
that t-anspired in the antedeluvian world. L
is only brief outline. very specific on SOM
points for particular reasons. Il is specific II
reference TO the great events that set forth ant
typify the coming death Of Christ. Thus VI
; have particular record Of /, Adam, Q, Seth
3, Enos: 4, CAinan; 5. Mahaleel; 6, Jared
7, Enoch; 8, Methusalahi 8, Lamecb, 9TH
second): 10, Noah. These are thus given T.
keep up distinctly the line through whicl
Christ was to come.
The questions above seem to imply tba
there must havS been another race Of men o.
earth, because Cain went to the land OF Nod
hen driven out from the presence Of the LOrd
Passing over the false statements In reisrenc
to Gains finding his wife in the land of Nod
, let us inquire il it is reasonable TO suppos
there could be such land, and its inhabitani
all come from one couple.
1--we admit, according 10 the usual suPPosi
f ton, that Adam and Eve had no other sons
o the time Of the death Of Abel. they migt
i. have had daughters. This is probable ina'
r much as Eve is called the mother;of all livinI
l. before the birth of Cain and Abel. And aga
inasmuch as it seems implied that Cain tO'
his wife to the lard Of Nod with him, the
g. daughters might have been married to u
sons; thus It had to be in the beginning, an
r they might haze been married to them for
10 number of years; for the murder of Abel d
N not occur until the one hundred and twent
lie eighth or ninth year Of the creation OF Adat
ID Now suppose they had children as rapidly
ii the most healthy do now-and there is no re
il son to doubt it--an accurate calculation W
m show that there might have been several hu
dred thousand persons on the earth at u
'ir time Of AbePs death Thus DR.. Clark say
n supposing them TO have been married in u
to 10Th year Of the world, they might easily ha
to had each children (sOme males and sOT
st females in the 25th year. In the 5Oth the
ey might proceed in direct line from them,
e. persons; in the 74th pear there would be 81
he in the ssth year, 4,Oss in the l22d ye
th they would amount to 32.7sS. If We add
va tnebe the OtEcE CutluIou 0OeCOhuc0 hSAA w
d. and Abel, their children, and their children
'as children we shall have no less than 4Si,l
'h. men capable Of generation, without reckOni
t / the women, either old or young, or such as
ast under the age Of II.
nit Then to the question, who was Gains vii
PES We answer one Of the many descendants Of
Ie- dam and Eve during the l9s years they We
OF fulfilling the Divine injunction, multiply a
Pc replenish the earth.
bis We would suggest the prOprety Of INIT
he objectOrs reading accurately the scrptural
he count of events, before they make such obj
to tious as Will involve them in six false sta
ad- ments in paragraph of twenty short lines
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