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[peter_kirk AT sil.org]

Dear Wondell,

The answer is very simple. Genesis 4:1 states clearly that Cain was 
the son of Adam as well as Eve, and also credits YHWH with helping 
here. Also, while the word "know" (YD`) means "have sexual relations" 
in a few cases (BDB lists 17 references), in the great majority of its 
943 occurrences it simply means "know". If there is an underlying 
theme of sexual seduction in Genesis 3, it is not this word which 
indicates it.

It should also be made clear that (despite the similar sounds in 
English) the names Cain (Qayin) and Canaan (Kena`an, 9:18) are quite 
different and unrelated in Hebrew.

Peter Kirk


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Subject: Serpent Seed Doctrine
Author:  <gs02wmr AT panther.Gsu.EDU> at Internet
Date:    31/12/1999 23:00


Shalom,

Has anyone heard of this doctrine? I know it is espoused by some Christian 
Identity groups and white supremacists like Pastor Arnold Murray?

The story goes that in the Torah it really states that Qayin(Cain) was the 
child of Satan/Enki. He was driven underneath the earth by Yaweh/Enlil. 
Because The Serpent(Satan) seduced Eve, she was supposedly impregnated by 
him and thus bore Qayin or Canaanites lineage. Further proof is offered 
that in Genesis 4, Adam is nowhere to be found in the genealogy of Qayin 
and in Adam's genealogy(Gen Chapter 5), Qayin is nowhere to be found. 
Further supposed proof is that it was the Serpent that came to Eve, and 
that they conspired together to have sex so that they could produce a seed 
that would be a blend of the Material Sons (Adamites) and the Nodites 
(children of Nod). Kain is the supposed child of this union between the 2.

I note that in most fables of the " Garden of Eden " story, they
speak of the fruit having to do with sex, which is why it was said " And 
the KNEW... " Knowing thruout the bible conotes sex, ex. " And Adam knew 
his wife Eve... "  etc. Could anyone offer any breakdown of the actual 
Hebrew to support or disclaim any of this? I am interested to know how the 
language and actual grammar is relevant at all here.

Shalom.

Wondell M. Rachman




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