Continuing on with Genesis, I am looking at the mark, or curse of Cain. Anyone wanting to read the verses without my comments can see it by clicking HERE.
10 And he said, what hast thou done?
The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
We know that the Father sees all and
knows all. In verse 9 he asks Cain where his brother is although he
already knew. The shedding of innocent blood in the bible always
requires justice to be served, as the land will eventually become
cursed if not.
11 And now art thou cursed from the
earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood
from thy hand;
At this point Cain becomes cursed. An
interesting point to keep in mind is the fact that the judgment was
immediate.
12 When thou tillest the ground, it
shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a
vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
When Cain and his kin till the ground
the earth will not produce fruit as well as when Adam and his kin
produce food. This is very evident when the only real food producers
on the planet are the Adamites, Hebrews, and Israelites, which most
migrated to Western Europe after the Assyrian Captivity and are the
ones that produce food for the rest of the planet.
13 And Cain said unto the Lord, My
punishment is greater than I can bear.
Anytime one lacks food and is forced to
wonder without the stability of a home it is great punishment, and
given the hindsight of the Fathers plan for his servant people it
wasn't safe to have him around.
14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this
day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and
I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come
to pass that everyone that findeth me shall slay me.
Although is says that he was driven out
from the face of the earth, one has to take note that the word earth
in Hebrew is ad-aw-haw' Strong's #127, which the word earth can be a
word used for the earth as in the entire planet, it could mean
country, or could even mean the soil that is sticking to your shoe.
In other words Cain did not fly off the planet. This is something we
need to keep in mind as we continue through the book of Genesis.
15 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 lest anyone finding him
should kill him.
The "mark of Cain" is debated often as the bible is not entirely clear on what the mark is. I have heard many different ideas ranging from a pair of horns from his forehead, leprosy, and even the mark is a dog that would accompany him during his travels. I myself have a different idea. The mark had to been a something that was with him and could not leave him, so a dog would be out of the question. The mark would also have to be something that could be readily be seen, so it couldn't have been something under his arm or on the bottom of his foot. With his body being covered in clothes, or animal skins it would have to be on his face and very noticeable. If it's a physical characteristic, that was bred out of his kin by race mixing then at some point there would be some reverting back to the characteristic. It's the law of heredity. Now, I am interjecting my opinion, or guess, I believe Cain's mark was an extremely large nose that gave him an animal type look. Below is a wax bust of a man that lived in the 18th Century named Thomas Welder.
There is also a man alive today from the area of Turkey that has a 3 1/2 in nose. His name is Mehmet Ozyurek. But, whatever the mark was I can guarantee that it was quite noticeable.
Mehmet Ozyurek
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