Losing a loved one is a difficult experience for everyone. Eve lost Abel and Cain was driven away by God as a wanderer. Thus, Eve lost both sons. How can she keep track of a wandering son? The pain of loss can be so overwhelming for even the strongest of people. The hurt can trigger emotional and physical pain. Some people go through counseling because they could not handle the trauma associated with losing a loved one. When we have people around us going through difficult times, we should stand by them. We should be their keeper and help them navigate through life. As soon as we start acting like Cain and say to ourselves, “Am I my brother’s or sister’s keeper?” (Genesis 4:9), know that we are not acting in love. Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” (Genesis 4:25) Eve might have been broken and hurt. First, she was cursed, then she lost Abel and then Cain was driven away as a wanderer. However, Eve went through a circle of restoration. In Genesis 4: 25, scripture records that “Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.” Eve understood that Seth was the restorer of the void left by the death of Abel. Eve actually did not sit in grief all her life, she revamped her sexual intimacy with her husband. Sometimes, when couples go through difficult times, some shut off completely from intimacy. God in His infinite wisdom created intimacy and in marriage. Intimacy is not just for reproduction but it brings healing, comfort, joy, love and increases affection for one another. It restores passion and increases desire for each other’s presence. Intimacy in marriage can transform a boring relationship to an exciting roller-coaster experience. Eve was comforted from the loss of Abel and in love, Seth was born. The name Eve chose for her new son was significant. Seth means appointed, or set in place of (Genesis 4:25). When Seth grew older, he also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the Lord (Genesis 4:26). Seth did not just restore to Eve another son, but his arrival and the birth of his own son was the beginning of a relationship with God. People began to call on God again. Seth’s descendants include faithful men like Enoch who was taken away to heaven for living right. Noah, the only righteous man to survive the flood was from the line of Seth. Subsequently, all humanity can be traced to the line of Seth because flood wiped away every other lineage. God’s plan in Genesis 3:15 was still awaiting fulfillment but with the arrival of Seth, God began something new with the child of Eve. Man was reconnected back to God and in the future, Luke’s gospel would trace the genealogy of Jesus to Adam. Indeed God’s restoration was the perfect choice.
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