“I will be a fugitive wandering the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me.” Adonai answered him, “Therefore, whoever kills Kayin will receive vengeance sevenfold,” and Adonai put a mark on Cain, so that whoever found him would not slay him.
-Genesis 4:15
The Scriptures explain that “the Lord set a mark upon Cain, so that WHOEVER found him would not slay him.”
Let’s take a look at the Hebrew word for “whoever”.
In Hebrew, the word is KOL and this word actually has the double meaning of “whoever” and “whatever”.
In other words, it could be referring to other human beings or it could be referring to animals.
One theory is that since the human population was very small at this time, rather than other human beings, Cain was in danger from wild animals.
However, this is unlikely.
When Adam and Eve came into being, they were created as fully mature adults capable of procreating from day one and most likely did.
A lot of people jump to the conclusion that Cain and Abel were Adam and Eve’s first children.
The Scriptures do not say this and this is obviously not true since Cain ventured into another town that already had a substantial population where he found a wife and started his own family.
Although we will go quite some time before there is mention of another female besides Eve, this is simply because of the patriarchal nature of the Bible.
It is male-oriented.
All genealogy and family ties were according to their relationship to the father, the listing of generations only rarely includes a female name.
Another idea is that Cain himself was a mark serving as a warning to others of the dire consequences that murder carried.
However, I think the Professor of Hebrew at Berkeley University, Robert Alter’s assessment is the correct one, which is that it was a mark of protection and not a stigma.
Cain in fear says “whoever finds me will kill me” and the Scripture reports that the Lord in His compassion responded by putting a sign on Cain, “so that no one who found him would kill him.”
So clearly it was a mark of protection.
The word used in Genesis 4:15 for “Mark” is “OTH” אוֹת.
The Hebrew word “OTH” {226} carries the meaning “Pledge, Banner, Sign, Standard”, and is where we get our word “Oath” from. It’s a promise.
God put a Promise, an Oath, that Cain would be protected.
This is similar to the “Mark” of the beast. It is not a physical “MARK” that will be branded, but people taking an “Oath” of allegiance to the enemy of the Creator of all things!
Very interesting Paul. Thanks for sharing and Shabbat Shalom!
yes i learnt this from watching a great pastor called Walter veith
Thanks for reading and your comment Steven!!! Be blessed and shalom!!!
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Who has the mark?
Every person is BORN with the Mark of SIN on them……
Psalm 51:5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.
Psalm 58: 3 The wicked are estranged from the womb; These who speak lies go astray from birth.
Romans 5:19 For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous.
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What is the Mark?
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(Understanding Cain’s mark helps you gain understanding of THE mark in Revelation.)
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Genesis 4:7 If you are doing what is good, shouldn’t you hold your head high? And if you don’t do what is good, SIN is crouching at the door — it wants you, but you can rule over it.” …14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me. 15 And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a MARK upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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The mark or sign on Cain was so he would NOT be killed, so he would be missed. The mark had to be the mark of the Hebrew letter Samech aka Sin also known as a thorn. The Paleo Hebrew letter literally was a mark or a sign. By placing the letter on Cain, it literally was the mark of SIN, and meant to MISS THE MARK or not to mark out Cain for destruction.
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The original Semitic pictograph of a thorn is used almost exclusively throughout the early and middle history of this letter.
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Hebrew letter for sin is samech or in ancient Hebrew: sin, the thorn.
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2398 Strongs: bear the blame, cleanse, commit sin, by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss.
A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn — bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
chata: to miss, go wrong, sin
Original Word: חָטָא
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: chata
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-taw’)
Short Definition: sinned
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition : to miss, go wrong, sin
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(Be aware the mark shines out in the spiritual world. 2 witnesses).
Hosea 6:5 This is why I have cut them to pieces by the prophets, slaughtered them with the words from my mouth — the judgment on you SHINES OUT like light.
Job 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall NOT SHINE.
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Could Cain’s mark of protection have been some form of gigantism? Surely nobody, animals included, would mess much with a giant.
Liars. He put the mark of white skin on him! And on 7 of his generations! stop lying!
So…., Noah must have been cursed because Noah was, in fact, an albino. Stop using racism for every excuse.
Someone told me that the mark put on Cain was ( black skin )