JOHN - A followup to your answer to "Danny" about Cain.
I read in The Book of Jasher that Cain was killed
accidently by one of his grandsons while he was
wondering in the forest and his grandson and
his father were hunting. According to the book, the
boy shot an arrow at what they thought was an animal.
When they went to retrieve their quary, they found
that it was Grandfather Cain. They ran back to the
village and reported the accident where upon, the
village stoned them both to death......I don't
remember the chapter and verse of the book,
because it was about a year or so since I read it.
JOEL - I have seen that too. However, even though the Book
of Jasher is mentioned in the Bible a couple of
times(Joshua 10:12-14, 2 Samuel 1:18), and may contain
some truths, I hesitate to refer to it because it has
never been accepted as part of the official cannon of
scriptures for the Church and therefore cannot be a
reliable source of the word of God. It does however
contain some interesting points of historical details
which many have used to support related information
found in the Bible. Here are the verses that mention
the death of Cain:
26 And Lamech was old and advanced in years, and his
eyes were dim that he could not see, and Tubal Cain,
his son, was leading him and it was one day that
Lamech went into the field and Tubal Cain his son was
with him, and whilst they were walking in the field,
Cain the son of Adam advanced towards them; for
Lamech was very old and could not see much, and Tubal
Cain his son was very young.
27 And Tubal Cain told his father to draw his bow, and
with the arrows he smote Cain, who was yet far off,
and he slew him, for he appeared to them to be an
animal.
28 And the arrows entered Cain's body although he was
distant from them, and he fell to the ground and died.
29 And the Lord requited Cain's evil according to his
wickedness, which he had done to his brother Abel,
according to the word of the Lord which he had
spoken.
30 And it came to pass when Cain had died, that Lamech
and Tubal went to see the animal which they had slain,
and they saw, and behold Cain their grandfather was
fallen dead upon the earth.
31 And Lamech was very much grieved at having done
this, and in clapping his hands together he struck his
son and caused his death.
32 And the wives of Lamech heard what Lamech had done,
and they sought to kill him.
33 And the wives of Lamech hated him from that day,
because he slew Cain and Tubal Cain, and the wives of
Lamech separated from him, and would not hearken
to him in those days. (Jasher 2:26-33)