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Now Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.”

Genesis 4:1

 

We should not be like Cain, who was of the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own deeds were evil and his brother’s righteousness.

1 John 3:12

 

The Claim: Genesis says Adam is Cain’s father, but 1 John 3:12 says his father is the evil one, Satan. So who is Cain’s father?

 

The Explanation: Adam is Cain’s biological father. 1 John 3:12 says nothing to the effect of Satan and Eve conceiving to give birth to Cain. There is no contradiction here.

 

Extra: What 1 John 3:12 is talking about is Cain’s spiritual father being Satan. For Christians, our spiritual and heavenly Father is God. There are places in the Bible, such as John 8:44, where Jesus said to the Pharisees that their father was the devil. This doesn’t mean biological father, but spiritual father.

 

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

John 8:44