The Discovery Of Genesis

Chapter 8 : The Seed of Rebellion
At the time when Adam and Eve were expelled from
the Garden of Eden, they had no children. As a result
of her disobedience God told Eve that she would have
sorrow and pain in childbearing. But God had also
given this first pair hope with the promise of a Redeemer.
for He had said to Lucifer, who had beguiled Eve in the
guise of the serpent, “ 1 will put enmity between you and
the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He
shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel”
(Genesis 3.15). So despite the pain of childbearing,
Adam and Eve eagerly desired a son, who they hoped
a would be that Seed, the promised Deliverer.
+ The first human conception is recorded in the Chipregnant
nese written language as a son. The word pregnant $I
is made up of two symbols, is 2, and a son 3, This
character even looks pregnant, with the son contained
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is within the larger figure!
The Genesis story relates, “Now Adam knew Eve
his 3 wife; and she conceived, and bore Cain, saying (RSV),
son ‘I have gotten a man, the Lord’ ” (Genesis 4:l AAT).’
The name “Cain” in Hebrew means “got.” They named
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