009: Battle of the Genealogies: Genesis 4:17-26

The start of genealogies in Genesis. Cain gets a wife, has a son and builds a city. His lineage adds culture to the city with more expansive shepherding (perhaps animal domestication), music and arts and metalworking. Finally, there are dueling genealogies between Cain's offspring and the children of Seth (Adam and Eve's third recorded son). Plus what is up with polygamy?

Sources:

*Womanist Midrash: A Reintroduction to the Women of the Torah and the Throne by Wilda C Gafney

*The NIV Application Commentary: Genesis by Dr. John Walton

*Word Biblical Commentary: Genesis 1-15 by Gordon J. Wenham

*The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament by John H. Walton, Victor H Matthews & Mark W. Chavalas

Opening Music: Struttin With Some Barbeque by Louis Armstrong