The Line of Cain

The bible talks about Cain's descendants (see scripture below) before talking about the main line which is Seth's descendants. It is very interesting how the line of Cain produced the various kinds of workers, crafstmen as well as in the artists. Perhaps this reveals the rebellion by man in moving away from God, and using his own intellect and skills to be self-sufficient.

As a summary of the crafts:
Cain - builder, founder of civilisations
Jabal - graziers, nomads
Jubal - musician, harpists, flutists
Tubal-Cain - blacksmiths

This scripture shows our modern society, where we have so much talents and so many different pursuits but when we don't have God in these, then they are pointless.There is nothing wrong with working hard and using our talents, however we must include God in what we do.



Genesis 4

¹⁶ So Cain went out from the LORD's presence and lived in the land of Nod, ^[f] east of Eden.
 ¹⁷ Cain lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was then building a city, and he named it after his son Enoch. ¹⁸ To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael, and Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
 ¹⁹ Lamech married two women, one named Adah and the other Zillah. ²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the father of those who live in tents and raise livestock. ²¹ His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute. ²² Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of ^[g] bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain's sister was Naamah.
 ²³ Lamech said to his wives,
       "Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
       wives of Lamech, hear my words.
       I have killed ^[h] a man for wounding me,
       a young man for injuring me.
 ²⁴ If Cain is avenged seven times,
       then Lamech seventy-seven times."