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Cain
     The oldest son of Adam and Eve. He was born after they were banished from the Garden of Eden. He was a "tiller of the soil". (4:1-2)
     Cain and his younger brother Abel brought offerings to God. Cain brought fruits, and Abel (who was a shepherd) brought the firstlings of his flock. (4:3-4) Without giving any reason, God accepted Abel's offering, but rejected Cain's. Angered at this rejection, Cain killed Abel (right). (4:8)
     To punish Cain, God said two things. One was that the ground would no longer yield to him its wealth. The other was that Cain was condemned to be a fugitive and a vagabond on the earth for the rest of his life. (4:12) God put a mark on Cain, but it was a mark of protection, not of punishment. (4:15)
     Cain was exiled. He settled in the land of Nod, located east of Eden. (4:16) He married a woman who bore him a son named Enoch. Cain later built a city, and called it Enoch. (4:17)

Cainan (also called Kenan)
     Son of Enos (also called Enosh). He lived to be 910. He fathered various sons and daughters, including Mahalaleel (at age 840). (5:9-14)

Calah
     A city built by Nimrod. (10:10-11)

Calneh
     A city in Nimrod's kingdom. It was located in the land of Shinar. (The land of Shinar was located north of the Persian Gulf, between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in what would today be Iraq, or northeastern Syria. It was later called Chaldea, and later Babylon.) (10:9-10)

Canaan - There are two:
     1. A son of Ham. (9:18,22; 10:6) After Noah awoke from his drunken sleep, Noah cursed Canaan. (9:24-27) Canaan later had two sons: Sidon and Heth. (10:15) He was the forefather of a huge tribe of people known as the Canaanites, who lived in the land of Canaan. (10:15-18)
     2. A land region on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It was located between the Mediterranean Sea on its west side, the Jordan river on its east side, Egypt on its south side, and the kingdom of Babylon on its north side. (By today's map, it would be located at the country of Israel.) It was lived in by the Canaanites, descendants of Canaan (Ham's son).

Canaanites
     A huge tribe of people who were descendants of Canaan, the son of Ham. They lived in the land of Canaan (see above). They had many subdivisions. The subdivisions included Jebusites, Amorites, Girgasites, Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites. (10:15-18) Also the Hittites were a subdivison.

Caphtorim
     A child of Mizraim. (10:14)

Carmi
     A son of Reuben. He was one of Jacob's family that moved to Egypt. (46:5-9)

Casluhim
     A child of Mizraim. He was the parent of Philistim. (10:14)

Chaldea
     Another name for the kingdom of Shinar, or Babylon (a kingdom in the land of Mesopotamia). The kingdom was called Shinar at first. Later it was renamed Chaldea, and later Babylon. (It was located in what would today be Iraq, or northeastern Syria.)      The city of Ur was in the kingdom. (11:28,31; 15:7)

Chaldeans (also called Chaldees)
     The people of the kingdom of Chaldea. (11:28,31; 15:7)

Chaldees (also called Chaldeans)
     The people of the kingdom of Chaldea. (11:28,31; 15:7)

Chedorlaomer
     The king of the city of Elam during the civil war in the land of Canaan. (14:2) He was the leader of the winning side. But then Abram and his army defeated Chedorlaomer. (chapter 14)

Cheran
     A son of Dishon. (36:26)

Cherub
     A type of angel. Some cherubim were stationed by God as guards at the entrance of the Garden of Eden after Adam and Eve's expulsion. They were assigned to prevent the couple from reentering the garden. (3:24)

Chesed (also called Kesed)
     A son of Nahor (Abraham's brother) by his wife Milcah. (22:20-23)

Chezib
     The place where Judah was when his wife Shua bore their third son, Shelah. (38:5)

Cush - There are two:
     1. A land that the Gihon river (one of the four rivers that flows out of Eden) encircles. It is also called Ethiopia. (2:13)
     2. A son of Ham. He had six sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, Sabtechah, and Nimrod. (10:6-8)

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