Cain's Children

Genesis 4:17-24


     This passage starts with the birth of Cain's first son, Enoch. It goes on to say Cain then founded/started a city, which is the very first city started in the Bible, named Enoch after his son. It is interesting. Cain's first action after having his son was to do something to honor that event.

    When God, first made the place His children would grow and live, and then made His children to put into His "City". It shows us based on these verses, God wanted us to have a home that was perfect. Yet, the first sins ruined it. Now the best we (humans) can hope to accomplish for our kids is to make a city/home, "after", the child is already here, then to try and fill it with the best choices we can to care for and protect our kids.

   The passage goes on to name Enoch's first son's name, and then his son's name, and so on. Till Lamech, who married two women. It, further, states Lamech's children were the first ever farmers, campers, musicians, and metal forgers. It's amazing how detailed the Bible is in recording history.

  The last verse, tells us Lamech came clean to his wives about killing someone who attacked him. He goes on to say someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, and the person who kills him would be punished seventy-seven times.  The meaning being, it is just as bad to kill those who first killed, as it is to kill in the first place.