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<topic>What does "לָכֵן כָּל הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם" mean? | <topic>What does "לָכֵן כָּל הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם" mean? | ||
<opinion>The one who kills Kayin will be revenged seven times – <multilink><a href="SeptuagintGenesis4-1523-24" data-aht="source">Septuagint</a><a href="SeptuagintGenesis4-1523-24" data-aht="source">Genesis 4:15,23-24</a><a href="Septuagint" data-aht="parshan">About the Septuagint</a></multilink>,</opinion> | <opinion>The one who kills Kayin will be revenged seven times – <multilink><a href="SeptuagintGenesis4-1523-24" data-aht="source">Septuagint</a><a href="SeptuagintGenesis4-1523-24" data-aht="source">Genesis 4:15,23-24</a><a href="Septuagint" data-aht="parshan">About the Septuagint</a></multilink>,</opinion> | ||
| − | <opinion>Kayin himself will be revenged at the end of seven | + | <opinion>Kayin himself will be revenged at the end of seven generations – Aramaic Targumim, Midrash<br/> |
<ul> | <ul> | ||
<li>Kayin was killed by mistake by Lemekh who was the seventh generation from Adam – Midrash</li> | <li>Kayin was killed by mistake by Lemekh who was the seventh generation from Adam – Midrash</li> | ||
<li>Kayin's descendants were wiped out during the flood</li> | <li>Kayin's descendants were wiped out during the flood</li> | ||
| − | <li>How seven, because Lemekh is sixth from Kayin?  Seventh generation is the sons of Lemekh</li> | + | <li>How seven, because Lemekh is only sixth from Kayin?  Seventh generation is the sons of Lemekh</li> |
| − | <li></li> | + | <li>According to this possibility the Torah didn't explain what happens to the killer (כל הרג), but Kayin will שבעתים יקם</li> |
</ul></opinion> | </ul></opinion> | ||
</topic> | </topic> | ||
Version as of 00:59, 23 October 2014
Lemekh's Oration
Points of Dispute
These are some of the central points of dispute (נקודות המחלוקת) between the various exegetes:
- What does "לָכֵן כָּל הֹרֵג קַיִן שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקָּם" mean?
- The one who kills Kayin will be revenged seven times – Septuagint,
- Kayin himself will be revenged at the end of seven generations – Aramaic Targumim, Midrash
- Kayin was killed by mistake by Lemekh who was the seventh generation from Adam – Midrash
- Kayin's descendants were wiped out during the flood
- How seven, because Lemekh is only sixth from Kayin? Seventh generation is the sons of Lemekh
- According to this possibility the Torah didn't explain what happens to the killer (כל הרג), but Kayin will שבעתים יקם
