Did Cain and Abel die

Answer 1

In Genesis, we find the story of the brothers Cain and Abel.

Abel was slain by Cain because Cain was jealous of the offering Abel had for God. Cain's gift of the ground was incomparable to Abel's of the firstlings of his flock, the very best he had. And Cain harbored hatred in his heart that caused him to kill Abel and sin against God.

Cain was cast out by God and marked, "lest any man finding him should kill him. (Genesis 4:15) While he was running, Cain dewlt in Nod and had many children, though the date of his final fate is not recorded here.

Answer:

There is a very small and strange tidbit of "Holy Spirit inspired" (II Tim.3:16) information in Genesis that may indicate that Cain's great-great grandson, Lamech, may have killed not only his great-great grandfather, Cain... but Enoch, also.

"...Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold." (Gen.4:23-24)

Cryptically, Lamech calls his great-great grandfather's curse (avenged sevenfold - Gen.4:15) upon himself, which appears to be a confession that he killed Cain.

But if Cain the murderer's death warranted a "sevenfold" vengeance... might not a "seventy-fold" vengeance be required for the death of a "righteous man?" Like Enoch?

Much of the modern professing Christian world believes that Enoch "did not die"... but The Bible says that he did:

"...Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God translated him..." (Heb.11:5).

This seems to say that Enoch didn't die... but the wording speaks of the future (he SHOULD NOT SEE DEATH)... meaning the "SECOND DEATH" from which Jesus saves us.

"...He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the SECOND DEATH." (Rev.2:11)

"...This is the first resurrection. Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such THE SECOND DEATH HATH NO POWER, but they shall be priests of God and of His Christ, and shall reign with Him a thousand years." (Rev.20:5-6)

This is the death that "Enoch should not see"... the SECOND DEATH... because in the 13th verse of Hebrews 11, after list of God's faithful saints of which Enoch is one - it says:

"...THESE ALL DIED IN FAITH, not having received the promises..." (Heb.11:13).

The strange recorded blurb in Genesis 4 by Lamech, therefore, may indicate that Enoch was the YOUNG MAN he killed who warranted a "seventy-fold" curse on him besides the "sevenfold" one for Cain, "the man" whom he killed.

A study of the ages men lived to in Genesis 5 reveals that they lived for centuries - seven, eight, nine-hundred years.

But Enoch "died" a VERY YOUNG MAN... at the youthful age of 365 (Gen.5:23).

And if God "took Enoch and translated him" (carried his slain body away to bury him) while Lamech was watching... might that not have shaken Lamech up enough to say what he did to his wives? And make him call the "seventy-fold" curse upon himself for the death of the "young man?"

Was Enoch "preaching the gospel" to Lamech before he was killed? Was Enoch warning Lamech to repent of his evil ways, which infuriated Lamech into a killing frenzy that took Enoch's life?

Were these Enoch's last words?

"...Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of His saints, to execute Judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against Him." (Jude 1:14-15)

Why else would the Holy Spirit inspire such a strange passage in God's Word? It's curious.