Genesis 4 – Line 00093

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INTRO

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And Cain said to YHWH, “My guilt is too great to bear.”

RENDERING NOTES

“And Cain said to YHWH” mirrors the simple narrative verb structure וַיֹּאמֶר ... אֶל־יְהוָה; no additions.

“My guilt” (עֲוֺנִי) carries double meaning; wrongdoing and punishment; left open in this phrasing.

“Too great to bear” translates גָּדוֹל ... מִנְּשֹׂא; keeping idiomatic intensifier intact, indicating unendurable burden.

No verb needed between “gadol” and “avoni” per biblical syntax norms; English inserts “is” for readability.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Is” added for basic grammatical flow.

Quotation marks included to clarify direct speech.

All other elements directly mirror Hebrew phrasing and order.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Immediate reaction to divine pronouncement in Genesis 4:12.

This is Cain’s only verbal response in the judgment sequence.

Introduces theme of unbearable consequence; first articulation of human despair in scripture.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Uses lament formula; short, emphatic declaration without verb.

“Gadol avoni min-neso” links to burden language in Exodus and Numbers.

Statement of overwhelming inner state mirrors the Psalmic “my guilt overwhelms me” genre.

Structure is a reversal of defense: from denial (v.9) to overwhelmed concession (v.13).

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