Who were those People?

[Hopefully]

“Adam named his wife Eve. He gave her this name because Eve would be the mother of everyone who ever lived.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭3:20‬ ‭

“You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.” Then the Lord said to Cain, “No, if anyone kills you, I will punish that person much, much more.” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain to show that no one should kill him.”
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:14-15‬ ‭
 

Who were these other people that Cain has never met?

 

[Alive]

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Cain was smart and knew he would live a long time and that more and more folks would be born and live and move about?

[Hopefully]

25 minutes ago, Alive said:

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Cain was smart and knew he would live a long time and that more and more folks would be born and live and move about?

Ok. I have no idea myself so just wanted to see what everyone may have learned about it.

[Alive]

Just now, Hopefully said:

Ok. I have no idea myself so just wanted to see what everyone may have learned about it.

I am not aware that scripture gives us a direct answer. Adam and Eve bore lots of children ove a great many years…one would deduce. And so did their offspring as they obeyed God’s command or declaration.

[missmuffet]

We don't get all the answers in the Bible. God at times is silent with some details. I trust God with that. 

[BK1110]

A couple of observations:

1. Genesis doesn't indicate that the children it lists are the only ones that people had. Seth isn't necessarily Eve's third child. For all we know, he could be her fifth, or tenth, or thirtieth. We are only told he was born after Able was killed.

2. People at the time were still routinely living 500+ years, and there was not ready access to contraception of course.

It's not hard to imagine that there were hundreds or even thousands of people alive by the time Cain killed Able. I'm not saying the Bible demands this interpretation, but I also don't think it demands the interpretation that there were four humans alive at the time, Cain killed one to make three, and thus it's weird that he's afraid of people who don't exist. There could have been multiple settlements with thousands of people in them by that time. The Bible is not clear on those details.

[Riverwalker]

Genesis 5 :. 4 After he begot Seth, the days of Adam were eight hundred years; and he had sons and daughters.

Adam and Eve had lots of kids

Those kids had lots of Kids 

And so did those

in just 80 years the population of the earth could have been in the tens of thousands, and many villages

[Hopefully]

1 hour ago, Riverwalker said:

Adam and Eve had lots of kids

I know. I just thought Cain would already know his own brothers and sisters. 
 

“You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭
 

when he says “anyone I meet could kill me” it sounds like he doesn’t know them already, but perhaps they do know each other and that’s why they would want to kill him. 

[Riverwalker]

4 hours ago, Hopefully said:

I know. I just thought Cain would already know his own brothers and sisters. 
 

“You are forcing me to leave the land, and I will not be able to be near you or have a home! Now I must wander from place to place, and anyone I meet could kill me.””
‭‭Genesis‬ ‭4:14‬ ‭
 

when he says “anyone I meet could kill me” it sounds like he doesn’t know them already, but perhaps they do know each other and that’s why they would want to kill him. 

Right but without knowing when this occurred in the time line they could be cousins 3 times removed and he would not know them

 

[Desopixi Seilynam]

Some say that Genesis 1:27 "male and female created He them" is a reference to many people not just Adam and Eve.

In the book of Jasher the other people turn out to be distant relatives, Cain's grandchildren.

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Jasher's account of Cain is interesting

 

And Cain dissembled, and said, I do not know, am I my brother's keeper? And the Lord said unto him, What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground where thou hast slain him.

For thou hast slain thy brother and hast dissembled before me, and didst imagine in thy heart that I saw thee not, nor knew all thy actions.

But thou didst this thing and didst slay thy brother for naught and because he spoke rightly to thee, and now, therefore, cursed be thou from the ground which opened its mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand, and wherein thou didst bury him.

And it shall be when thou shalt till it, it shall no more give thee its strength as in the beginning, for thorns and thistles shall the ground produce, and thou shalt be moving and wandering in the earth until the day of thy death.

And at that time Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, from the place where he was, and he went moving and wandering in the land toward the east of Eden, he and all belonging to him.

Jasher 1:29-33

 

And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his eyes were dim that he could not see, and Tubal Cain, his son, was leading him and it was one day that Lamech went into the field and Tubal Cain his son was with him, and whilst they were walking in the field, Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for Lamech was very old and could not see much, and Tubal Cain his son was very young.

And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and with the arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off, and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an animal.

And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died.

And the Lord requited Cain's evil according to his wickedness, which he had done to his brother Abel, according to the word of the Lord which he had spoken.

And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech and Tubal went to see the animal which they had slain, and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was fallen dead upon the earth.

And Lamech was very much grieved at having done this, and in clapping his hands together he struck his son and caused his death.

Jasher 2:26-31