The Genesis of the Earth and of Man *; Or, the History of Creation, and the Antiquity and Races of Mankind Considered on Biblical and Other Grounds (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1860. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... which appear to indicate the existence of human beings not descended from Adam. 1. Cain's saying, "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." And the consequence of that saying: "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, or "gave a token unto Cain"] lest any finding him should kill him." And the subsequent events related of him: "And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, or "land of exile,"] on the east of Eden. And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch." (Gen. iv. 14-17.) Cain may be supposed to have expected the great increase of Adam's posterity which happened during his life-time, and thence to have feared the vengeance of a kinsman: but this is certainly not the obvious meaning of his words: and moreover, he was, on the day of his saying thus, "driven out from the face of the earth" or "land"], evidently meaning the land of his parents, and became "a fugitive and a vaga-" bond." How, then, should he fear the vengeance of his own kindred? His wife is commonly supposed to have been his sister: and at least one of Adam's sons must have married his sister if no other human race but that of Adam existed: but this is contrary to an express law of God (Lev. xviii. 9): and the marriage of a brother with a sister in circumstances forbidding the supposition that they may have been unacquainted with their mutual relationship, and in a case altogether such as that of Adam's immediate offspring, we think improbable in the highest degree. I...