What is the Mark of Cain and how do I get one?

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JakobVirgil
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02 Nov 2011, 2:06 am

OddFinn wrote:
Gen. 6:18 "But with thee will I establish my covenant; and thou shalt come into the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy wife, and thy sons' wives with thee."

Unless any of the eight persons saved in the ark were descendants of Cain, I doubt there are any persons alive today, who would have the mark. So I guess we just can't know for sure what the mark was.


Tradition has it that Hams Wife was a Cainite.
But even cooler.
One of the names given by Abba ben Kahana, for Noahs wife is Naamah.
If this Naamah is the sister of Tubal-cain then everyone is a descendant of Cain. 8O


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02 Nov 2011, 3:51 am

JakobVirgil wrote:
Tradition has it that Hams Wife was a Cainite.
But even cooler.
One of the names given by Abba ben Kahana, for Noahs wife is Naamah.
If this Naamah is the sister of Tubal-cain then everyone is a descendant of Cain. 8O


Interesting. If that was the case, then we could ask what the persons without the mark would look like. Too bad we don't have any photographs or paintings from that era.


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02 Nov 2011, 9:42 am

OddFinn wrote:
JakobVirgil wrote:
Tradition has it that Hams Wife was a Cainite.
But even cooler.
One of the names given by Abba ben Kahana, for Noahs wife is Naamah.
If this Naamah is the sister of Tubal-cain then everyone is a descendant of Cain. 8O


Interesting. If that was the case, then we could ask what the persons without the mark would look like. Too bad we don't have any photographs or paintings from that era.


The mark is not necessarily inherited.
But perhaps the violent nature of man in the curse of Cain.


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02 Nov 2011, 3:48 pm

JakobVirgil wrote:
OddFinn wrote:
JakobVirgil wrote:
Tradition has it that Hams Wife was a Cainite.
But even cooler.
One of the names given by Abba ben Kahana, for Noahs wife is Naamah.
If this Naamah is the sister of Tubal-cain then everyone is a descendant of Cain. 8O


Interesting. If that was the case, then we could ask what the persons without the mark would look like. Too bad we don't have any photographs or paintings from that era.


The mark is not necessarily inherited.
But perhaps the violent nature of man in the curse of Cain.


Can't say I have ever read about the mark of Cain.


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02 Nov 2011, 7:10 pm

Someone once told me that this 'mark of cain/curse' was the dark/black skin. I don't know if I'd believe that though, but perhaps? Who knows with religion and everyone with their own views and interpretations, you know?



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03 Nov 2011, 1:40 am

LunaUlysses wrote:
Someone once told me that this 'mark of cain/curse' was the dark/black skin. I don't know if I'd believe that though, but perhaps? Who knows with religion and everyone with their own views and interpretations, you know?


If the mark had anything to do with skin color, then I think it would be more logical to assume it to be white. One of the signs of leprosy was whiteness of skin, and leprosy was considered some kind of a curse. I can't recall any hint in the Bible that would suggest darkness of skin as a mark of any curse.


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