"What became of Cain?" (Alleged Contradiction #E2412)
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:11-12
And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. And 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.
Genesis 4:16-17
How could Cain, who was a “fugitive and a vagabond,” have a wife and son, and build a city?
Response
Cain was a fugitive and a vagabond without any permanent dwelling. However, this does not prevent him from having a wife, a son, and even trying to build a small city before having to move to another place.
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