quinn
02-01-2006, 04:55 AM
Genesis 4:
15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
This mark on Cain is often interpreted as black skin. But this doesn't make sense. The people in the Middle East were most likely of dark complexion to begin with.
Is this mark actually whiteness? Wouldn't that make sense?
15 But the LORD said to him, "Not so; if anyone kills Cain, he will suffer vengeance seven times over." Then the LORD put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him. 16 So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
This mark on Cain is often interpreted as black skin. But this doesn't make sense. The people in the Middle East were most likely of dark complexion to begin with.
Is this mark actually whiteness? Wouldn't that make sense?