RE: Cain and Abel: Explanation Please. Pretty Pretty Please!
September 5, 2014 at 11:34 am
(This post was last modified: September 5, 2014 at 11:38 am by Huggy Bear.)
(September 4, 2014 at 11:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: It's talking about carnal begetting between human daughters and divine beings. It isn't even ambiguous. Sorry if it doesn't meet your definition of angels but that is what is says.Wrong again. There is nothing in the Bible that says it was "divine beings" it simply says "sons of God". Angels were never created to be sons of God, They were created to serve God, In fact the word "angel" simply means "messenger".
Man being made in the image of God are his children, and when mankind fell, he had to redeem them because of the love he had for his children. There is no redemption for the fallen angels.
(September 4, 2014 at 11:04 pm)Jenny A Wrote: Nope that's the cruddy King James which is a lousy translation. I've quoted the NRVS. But they mean the same thing. Seed is offspring. I agree god is talking to the serpent. But god says Eve's descendants and the serpent's will be enemies because they aren't they same decedents. If your interpretation were right Cain would be the child of both Eve and the Serpent.The King James version is a lousy translation?
The KJV was translated directly from the original Hebrew and Greek, see for yourself.The original Hebrew
http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInter..._Index.htm
Genesis 3:15
It clearly states that the serpent had a seed, and that God would put enmity between the seed of the serpent and the seed of the woman, which manifested itself starting with Cain and Abel on down to Jesus and Judas.
