Kejadian 4:15

4:15 But the Lord said to him, “All right then, ¹  if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” ²  Then the Lord put a special mark ³  on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down. ⁴ 

Kejadian 27:46

27:46 Then Rebekah said to Isaac, “I am deeply depressed ⁵  because of these daughters of Heth. ⁶  If Jacob were to marry one of these daughters of Heth who live in this land, I would want to die!” ⁷ 

Kejadian 30:35

30:35 So that day Laban ⁸  removed the male goats that were streaked or spotted, all the female goats that were speckled or spotted (all that had any white on them), and all the dark-colored lambs, and put them in the care ⁹  of his sons.

Kejadian 47:29

47:29 The time ¹⁰  for Israel to die approached, so he called for his son Joseph and said to him, “If now I have found favor in your sight, put your hand under my thigh ¹¹  and show me kindness and faithfulness. ¹²  Do not bury me in Egypt,

[4:15]  ¹ tn The Hebrew term לָכֵן (lakhen, “therefore”) in this context carries the sense of “Okay,” or “in that case then I will do this.”

[4:15]  ² sn The symbolic number seven is used here to emphasize that the offender will receive severe punishment. For other rhetorical and hyperbolic uses of the expression “seven times over,” see Pss 12:6; 79:12; Prov 6:31; Isa 30:26.

[4:15]  ³ tn Heb “sign”; “reminder.” The term “sign” is not used in the translation because it might imply to an English reader that God hung a sign on Cain. The text does not identify what the “sign” was. It must have been some outward, visual reminder of Cain’s special protected status.

[4:15]  ⁴ sn God becomes Cain’s protector. Here is common grace – Cain and his community will live on under God’s care, but without salvation.

[27:46]  ⁵ tn Heb “loathe my life.” The Hebrew verb translated “loathe” refers to strong disgust (see Lev 20:23).

[27:46]  ⁶ tn Some translate the Hebrew term “Heth” as “Hittites” here (see also Gen 23:3), but this gives the impression that these people were the classical Hittites of Anatolia. However, there is no known connection between these sons of Heth, apparently a Canaanite group (see Gen 10:15), and the Hittites of Asia Minor. See H. A. Hoffner, Jr., “Hittites,” Peoples of the Old Testament World, 152-53.

[27:46]  ⁷ tn Heb “If Jacob takes a wife from the daughters of Heth, like these, from the daughters of the land, why to me life?”

[30:35]  ⁸ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Laban) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:35]  ⁹ tn Heb “and he gave [them] into the hand.”

[47:29]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “days.”

[47:29]  ¹¹ sn On the expression put your hand under my thigh see Gen 24:2.

[47:29]  ¹² tn Or “deal with me in faithful love.”