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genesis

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AUGUST 23, 2026 Could anyone alive today be descended from Cain? Cain's line simply stops in Genesis 4; Seth's runs to Noah; and Genesis 9:19 says the whole earth was peopled from Noah's sons. What that adds up to — and the two questions it depends on. JULY 17, 2026 How long were the days of creation? The elastic Hebrew word yom, the sunless first days and the open seventh, and the ordinary-day, day-age, and literary-framework readings — with their pedigrees, no vote cast.