Cain was marked (Earth, Eden, creation, genesis, sin)

[Lostinthisworld]

What was the mark that was put on Cain ??

[Linus]

Are you referring to thas passage in Genesis 4? 14Behold, you have driven me today away from the ground, and from your face I shall be hidden. I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me." 15Then the LORD said to him, "Not so! If anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD put a mark on Cain, lest any who found him should attack him.

If so, I would have to say that no one can be certain. This text doesn't say, so it would be difficult to make an accurate guess.

[angellous_evangellous]

Yes, no one knows what it was, or even if Cain was a real person. Genesis 1-11 treats pre-history. None of it is historically verifiable - no one was around to witness creation, and who could know what happened in the lives of the first human family? It is a theological reflection of the effects of sin upon the human race, not a historical account of an actual dude named Cain.

[Linus]

From the way it sounds, the whole reason that God marked cain was so that people who saw him would not kill him. I think there were plenty of people around to see the "first family", and that they would probably be angry enough to kill him. I think that is the reason why God gave him the mark. What do you think?

[Lostinthisworld]

Originally Posted by Linus

From the way it sounds, the whole reason that God marked cain was so that people who saw him would not kill him. I think there were plenty of people around to see the "first family", and that they would probably be angry enough to kill him. I think that is the reason why God gave him the mark. What do you think?

Yes ,I agree. There where probably plenty of other people around at that time, that could also explain the two creation stories in Genesis 1 & 2

[Linus]

Originally Posted by Lostinthisworld

Yes ,I agree. There where probably plenty of other people around at that time, that could also explain the two creation stories in Genesis 1 & 2

What do you mean exactly? How does the presence of more people explain the differences between Genesis 1 and 2?

[Lostinthisworld]

In Genesis 1 God created male and female of every thing including mankind

In Genesis 2 God made man and later woman and put them in Eden and with the breath of God they became a living soul
Is this a recap ? I don't think so

Originally Posted by Linus

What do you mean exactly? How does the presence of more people explain the differences between Genesis 1 and 2?

[Linus]

You missed the point of my question. I do not want to debate the differences between the creation accounts.

You said, If I understood correctly, that the presence of more people at the time accounts for the difference between the two creation accounts. I am asking the question of how you arrived at that conclusion.

[Quoth The Raven]

Originally Posted by Linus

You missed the point of my question. I do not want to debate the differences between the creation accounts.

You said, If I understood correctly, that the presence of more people at the time accounts for the difference between the two creation accounts. I am asking the question of how you arrived at that conclusion.

I don't believe s/he was debating the differences between the two accounts. What s/he was saying was that in the first instance there were 2 of every animal - including humans. Then God made Adam and Eve. God made people twice, that's why there were more people. When s/he said that it wasn't a recap, I believe s/he was referring to the fact that it wasn't a case of the voice over going, 'Previously, in Genesis...', it was a seperate creation of people.

[michel]

Originally Posted by Lostinthisworld

What was the mark that was put on Cain ??

To answer your original question;
Genesis 4:15 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.
Being that this is O.T, I would guess this as being 'a recognizable trait'. I would not have thought it was a physical 'mark'.