Cain Influence

Shortly after Cain is cursed for murdering his brother Abel, Cain’s family line begins in earnest. Noting that Cain had disregarded God and simply wished to do as he pleased, Cain’s line would be partakers of his spirit. Wickedness, boastfulness, pride, and other such things would all become characteristics of Cain’s descendants. It is found within Cain’s descendants that the true results of sin are exhibited, specifically by Lamech. People tend to be influenced by the behavior of those around them. Parents, grandparents, and other family members wield a great deal of clout with the youth of that family. Within Cain's ungodly line, the aforementioned influences are negative and wicked. Great innovations and trades have arisen from Cain's line, but considerable sin has also appeared. The first instance of polygamy (cf. Gen. 4:19) presents a growing distance between God and His creation. Lamech, in violating God's divinely ordained institution of marriage (cf. Gen. 2:24), expresses the same attitude that Cain had: irreverence and a lack of concern. …show more content…
Speaking to his two wives, Lamech, in what is the first recorded poetic dialogue in the Bible, exclaims that he had killed a man for wounding him and a young man for bruising him (cf. Gen. 4:23). Regardless of whether or not this is hyperbole being employed here aside, a prideful attitude is certainly displayed by Lamech. Essentially, he had come to consider himself immutable and robust without God; his pride had overtaken him. In his pride, he also mocks God and His judgments by stating that if Cain would be avenged seven-fold, then Lamech would be avenged seventy and seven-fold. By mocking the mark that God had placed upon Cain, Lamech flaunts his devoid concern for his fellow human being as well as a disregard for God and His