Were there any so to speak "divine conceptions," physically or spiritually, or conceptions by angels?

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Bereshit 4:1 states, Now the man knew his wife Chava, and she conceived and bore Cain, and she said, "I have acquired a man with the Lord."

Speaking on this verse, could it imply a divine conception, so to speak, or a similar situation? Or even, given that Cain started off as mostly impurity before he did teshuva (see sources 1 and 2 below), could it possibly mean the "lord" of the kelipah impregnated Chava? Various sources say Cain came from the סמ and Chava, so that would imply so. (See sources 3, 4, 5 below). What wouldn't seem to fit that interpretation is "Lord" is capitalized, seeming to show it is from Hashem directly, not the סמ, but I am reading the verse in English, so maybe one of the added nuances the Hebrew always adds will solve that difficulty.

And are there examples of divine conceptions in Tanakh and Midrash besides this, whether from Hashem directly, or an angel on the side of kedusha, or from an angel from the sitra achra?

1. https://www.sefaria.org/Bereishit_Rabbah.22.13?lang=bi
2. https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/3998473/jewish/Baal-Teshuvah.htm ("The first baal teshuvah was Cain")
3. Sefer HaLikutim quoted from https://www.chabad.org/kabbalah/article_cdo/aid/379754/jewish/Fathers-of-Good-and-Evil.htm ("And since Cain came from the impurity of the snake [who had raped Eve]"...)
4. Pirkei D'Rabbi Eliezar chapter 21.
5. Bereshit 5:3 also can lend itself to this interpretation, implying Cain was not in Adam's likeness or image

To add, there are opinions, such as I believe R' Elazar Ben Azaria, that an angel visited Sarah's tent to conceive Yitzchak. What opinions are there about which angels it was if we go with the opinions it was an angel.

Also, I would ask the same question about Shimshon.

Also in Sefer Enoch 106:1 it raises the same question about Noach as well.

Answers to any of these would be helpful, more than a flood of downvotes that are hard to understand. Maybe the title was mistaken for an xtianity or "Jews for Jesus" sort of question? To be clear, this question is in no way trying to make any argument for Yoshke being a divine conception, I just wanted to learn about real cases where it happened, from Torah.

Answer 1

What Eve meant applies to every child that is born. To quote the Talmud (Kiddushin 30b)

The Sages taught: There are three partners in the forming of a person: The Holy One, Blessed be He, [who provides the soul], and his father and his mother [who provide the body].

Answer 2

Your opening question is a valid and good query. You are trying to understand the deeper meaning of that sentence in the written Torah.

The balance of your question should be an obvious no! Your understanding of that is in conflict with the plain meaning of the written Torah you quote.

The sentence, when read in Hebrew, gives a better understanding, but one that requires more explanation.

In Hebrew the sentence is:

וְהָ֣אָדָ֔ם יָדַ֖ע אֶת־חַוָּ֣ה אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַתַּ֙הַר֙ וַתֵּ֣לֶד אֶת־קַ֔יִן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר קָנִ֥יתִי אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃

The translation with some additional explanation would be:

And the one called Adam had marital relations with Chava, his wife; and she conceived and gave birth to Kayin. And she said, "I have acquired a husband, יהוה (pronounced אדני).

Several things are being relayed in the Hebrew in a very abbreviated and concise way.

The name of their son (Kayin) is related to the action that they performed. The action being emphasized here is: how marriage, the bonding of Husband and Wife, is accomplished. It is a halachic/legal process of acquisition, from the Hebrew root, קנה.

Torah law states that one of the requirements and methods of marriage is through sexual intercourse between a man and woman. You acquire the status of a married, bonded couple through this act. This is part of the intention in the words recited by a Groom during his wedding, namely:

הרי את מקודשת לי כדת משה וישראל

Behold, you are sanctified (or dedicated) to/for me according to the law of Moses and Israel.

The second half of the phrase you quote from the Torah brings out several important concepts. The first is the relationship between the Husbands Hebrew name, Adam (אדם), his change of status to Husband (איש) and the written name of G-d (יהוה) which is pronounced and spoken to others as (אדני).

The cantillation mark, Tifcha, under the word Husband (איש) serves somewhat like a comma in the sentence. The phrase, אֶת־יְהֹוָֽה׃, which follows it, is a modifier which relates to the word Husband explaining its meaning.

Like is emphasized in the beginning of the Torah, the names assigned to everything in Hebrew are related to their essence, being and effect.

The first man's name, אדם, has a dual meaning according to Torah tradition. The first is that he is Similar to G-d above. (דומה לעליון) This aspect is revealed in Bereshit 2:20, which says:

וַיִּקְרָ֨א הָֽאָדָ֜ם שֵׁמ֗וֹת לְכׇל־הַבְּהֵמָה֙ וּלְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּלְכֹ֖ל חַיַּ֣ת הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּלְאָדָ֕ם לֹֽא־מָצָ֥א עֵ֖זֶר כְּנֶגְדּֽוֹ׃

The traditional cantillation mark over the letter Dalet in the word וּלְאָדָ֕ם is called a Zakef Gadol. The form of that cantillation mark is comprised of 2 points and a line, alluding to the letters Yud and Vav. So the Gematria (numerical) value for the Zakef Gadol is 26, which is also the numerical value of G-d's name (יהוה). When man acts according to his most Holy and sanctified potential, he is similar to G-d above, the source and Creator of all (כל) life. All this follows the traditional Torah teaching of Rabbi Menachem Azariyah of Fano.

The second aspect related to Adam's name is that he is: אדם מן האדמה.

He is literally from the earth. Again, this alludes to the dual meaning of lowliness, meaning extreme humility. Man reveals this potential for Holiness through humility. And through this act of humility, reveals G-d's presence in the whole of Creation, joining the spiritual with the physical, similar to the effect of building G-d's chosen Temple on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem and its precursor, the Mishkan. And the very lowest parts of that Mishkan, what connects and plants it to the earth are its sockets, called in Hebrew אדניים.

On a final note, you are misunderstanding the meaning of the partial recollection of the story from the Zohar. Until you have learned more, you might want to stick to less esoteric material unless you have a personal teacher to help you to grasp its meaning.

Answer 3

Supposedly Cain was the son of the Satan and many think of Isaac as divine conception, not that he had no father but he was the product of Gods direct intervention.

I assume the sons of the fallen angels would count as well.