In article <ed80adae.0208221948.53d9665 at posting.google.com>,
John Knight <johnknight at usa.com> wrote:
>holzman at panix.com (Dan Holzman) wrote in message news:<ak39u0$jek$1 at panix3.panix.com>...
>> In article <JJ899.132$Ic7.42410 at news2.west.cox.net>,
>> John Knight <jwknight at polbox.com> wrote:
>> >You have to look closely, but Cain is not listed in the genealogy of Adam,
>> >which means that Cain was not the genetic offspring of Adam. Seth was, and
>> >Noah, Eber, Abraham, and Jacob are his descendants.
>>>> Genesis 5:1 (KJV)
>>>> "And Adam knew Eve his wife and she conceived, and bare Cain, and
>> said I have gotten a man from the LORD."
>>>> Oops.
>>But she didn't say the same thing about Seth and Able, and Seth and
>Able WERE listed as a descendant of Adam.
>>It's the difference in the wording you need to pay close attention to.
What do you think it means that Adam "knew" Eve resulting in her
concieving and bearing Cain, if not that Cain was Adam's genetic
offspring? Do you also assert that Abel wasn't the genetic offspring
of Adam?
