Lemekh's Monologue/3

Lemekh's Monologue

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 – SeptuagintGenesis 4:15,23-24About the 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