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moonbunnychan t1_iw1y9nd wrote

Reply to comment by lego_office_worker in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

I can only assume his wife was his sister too since uh...not a lot of selection to choose from.

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lego_office_worker t1_iw38s8r wrote

yea. some people say that cains wife and the people he was afraid were going to kill him were all the future sons and daughters that adam and eve had. people back then lived a long time. future sons and daughters would know what cain had done and why he was living out there. genesis condenses lots of history and its probably not exhaustive.

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h4ll0br3 t1_iw2ci5l wrote

Actually there was. Adam and Eve were the first humans their god made, not the only ones made

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aitchnyu t1_iw2k6yl wrote

So there were humans free of original sin?

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h4ll0br3 t1_iw6l4qg wrote

Exactly my thought. But apparently the others were big meanies

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plugubius t1_iw33i3a wrote

Do you have any textual support for that?

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