Genesis 4 – Line 00104

LINE RENDERING FILE

YOU ARE WELCOME HERE

This isn’t a lesson. It’s a space. Come as you are. Let the line speak to you.

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INTRO

This file gives a minimal English phrasing of the original line, built directly from the Line Source File.

It’s readable, but not smoothed. Nothing is added beyond what’s traceable.

RENDERED LINE

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

RENDERING NOTES

“Ki” can mean “if,” “for,” or “indeed”—rendered here as “if” to reflect conditional logic.

“Shiv‘atayim” = “sevenfold”; intensifier from root seven (sheva).

“Yuqqam” = passive verb “shall be avenged”; form: Pual imperfect, indicating expected or decreed future action.

“Qayin” = proper name Cain.

“Ve-lemekh shiv‘im ve-shiv‘ah” = “and Lamech seventy and seven”; read as “seventy-sevenfold” to parallel and escalate Cain’s avenging.

INSERTION / HELPER WORD TRACKING

“Is” and “then” added to clarify implied conditional structure.

“Avenged” drawn directly from “yuqqam” (Pual form of “qum”); passive causative nuance preserved.

No smoothing or interpretive additions beyond clarity markers.

CONTEXTUAL PLACEMENT

Concludes Lamech’s poetic declaration from the previous verse (Line_00103).

Serves as final spoken line in Cainite genealogy narrative arc.

Offers a twisted mirror of divine protection promised to Cain (Line_00095).

Introduces multiplicative escalation; vengeance as a compounded response.

STRUCTURAL ALIGNMENT NOTES

Mirrors and intensifies Genesis 4:15; thematic recursion with numeric amplification.

Pairs with Line_00103 to form a self-contained poem (double verse, double line).

Precedes genealogical shift and prepares ground for contrast with Sethite line in Genesis 4:25.