mulier impudica sistitur, quæ hominem upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. tentet. Schum.-Nonne si bene sentis, peccatum fugies (surges a peccati foribus); sin autem male senties peccati servus eris (ad fores peccati cubabis) ita, ut hoc te, (meretricis instar) appetat, (tibi dominetur) et tu cum eo rem habeas (ei obedias)? Professor Lee, in this verse, takes as sin-offering. See his Lexicon. καὶ εἶπε Κάϊν πρὸς ̓́Αβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ. διέλθωμεν εἰς τὸ πεδίον. καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺς ἐν τῷ πεδίῳ, ἀνέστη Κάϊν ἐπὶ ̓́Αβελ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀπέ κτεινεν αὐτόν. Au. Ver.-8 And Cain talked with Abel his brother; and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. Gesen. A forger of every tool in brass and iron. Rosen.-Acuens et expoliens omnia instrumenta opificii æris ac ferri. Ver. 23, 24. Ken.-And Cain said unto Abel his brother, Let us go into the field; and it came to pass, y 23 up, &c. שְׁמַעַן קוֹלִי נְשֵׁי לְמֶךְ הַאֲזִנָּה אִמְרָתִי when they were in the field, that Cain rose כִּי אִישׁ הָרַגְתִּי לְפַצְעִי וְיֶלֶד לְחַבְּרָתִי: cannot mean talked יאמר Note. The word 24 כִּי שִׁבְעָתַיִם יְקָם קְיִן וְלֶמֶךְ שִׁבְעִים ,with. The correct version of the Hebrew zanb ἐνωτίσασθε μου τοὺς λόγους. ὅτι ἄνδρα ἀπέκτεινα εἰς τραῦμα ἐμοὶ, καὶ νεανίσκον εἰς μώλωπα ἐμοί. 24 ὅτι ἐπτάκις ἐκδεδίκηται ἐκ Κάϊν. ἐκ δὲ Λάμεχ, έβdoμnkovtákis éttá. as it now stands in the text, is, And Cain said unto Abel his brother: and it came to 23 εἶπε δὲ Λάμεχ ταῖς ἑαυτοῦ γυναιξίν, pass, when they were in the field, &c. The 'Αδὰ καὶ Σελλά. ἀκούσατέ μου τῆς φωνῆς Targums of Jerusalem and Jonathan, the γυναῖκες Λάμεχ. Syr., Vulg., and Greek versions, and Samaritan text supply the deficiency.—Ken. Rosenmüller, however, is of opinion that " may signify talked with; and in support of this usage of the word he quotes Au. Ver.-23 And Lamech said unto his Exod. xix. 25: So Moses went down unto wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye the people, and spake unto them.—Au. Ver. wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: Michaelis.-And Cain was enraged against for I have slain a man to my wounding, Abel his brother, &c. He reads from [or, I would slay a man in my wound, &c.] and a young man to my hurt [or, in my amarus, amaro animo fuit. Schum.-And Cain thought (meditated evil) against Abel his brother and it came to pass, &c., &c. Ver. 15. καὶ ἔθετο κύριος ὁ θεὸς σημεῖον τῷ Κάϊν, τοῦ μὴ ἀνελεῖν αὐτὸν πάντα τὸν εὑρίσκοντα αὐτόν. hurt]: 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, I have slain a man for having wounded me, Note, i. e., whereas Cain had been guilty of wilful murder, Lamech had only slain a Au. Ver-15 And the LORD set a mark man in his own defence. Eben Ezra, however, mentions this as one of those passages in which many critics suppose that not has been lost out of the text. Ken. ס terrogatively. Have I slain a man, &c. meo. CHAP. V. 3, to end of the chapter. 3 וַיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ שֶׁת : : וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי־אָדָם אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־שֶׁת I have not slain a man to my שְׁמֹנֶה מֵאֵת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת : -.wounding, nor a young man to my hurt : וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אָדָם אֲשֶׁר־חַי תְּשַׁע -in כי Ludov., De Dieu, and others, take מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וּשְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹת : 6 וַיְחִי־שֶׁת חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה answers to the Greek כי Schum. thinks that 7 וַיְחִי־שֶׁת אַחֲרֵי Audite me virum occidisse vulneri וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ : הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־אֱנוֹשׁ שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת : 8 וַיִּהְיוּ The chronology, especially in the ages of כָּל־יְמֵי־שֶׁת שְׁתִּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה וּתְשַׁע,some of the ante and post-diluvian patriarchs 9 וַיְהִי אֱנוֹשׁ is very different in the Hebrew text, the ס מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמֹת : תִּשְׁעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־קִינָן : 10 וַיְחִי אֱנוֹשׁ אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־קִינָן חֲמֵשׁ,the patriarchs Adam, Seth, Enos, Cainan שָׁנָה וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד Mahalaleel, and Enoch, before the birth of 1 וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי אֱנוֹשׁ their sons; while it takes twenty from the בָּנִים וּבָכְוֹת : חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת : 12 וַיְחִי קֵינָן שִׁבְעִים שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד to the deluge is made 2242 years according ס 13 וַיְחִי קֵינָן אַחֲרֵי to the Vatican copy, but 2262 according to הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־מַהֲלַלְאֵל אַרְבָּעִים שָׁנָה the Alexandrine ; and the sum total according ; a 15 Samaritan, the Septuagint, and Josephus. age of Methuselah, and adds six to that of Lamech. Thus the space from the creation to Josephus is 2265; according to the Sa וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת : .1656 ,maritan, 1307; and the Hebrew text וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי קֵינָן עֶשֶׂר שָׁנִים וּתְשַׁע The sum total from the deluge to the וַיְחִי seventieth year of Terah, according to these מִהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וְשִׁשִׁים שָׁנָה authorities, is, Heb., 2002; Sam. 912; Sept 16 וַיְחִי מַהֲלַלְאֵל וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־יָרֶד : אַחֲרֵי הוֹלִידוֹ אֶת־יֶרֶךְ שְׁלֹשִׁים שָׁנָה Kennicott supposes that the Jews have וּשְׁמֹנֶה מֵאוֹת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בָּנִים וּבָנוֹת : taken away 100 years from the lives of the 17 וַיִּהְיוּ כָּל־יְמֵי מַהֲלַלְאֵל חָמֵשׁ וְתִשְׁעִים and added them on at the end of their lives Vat., 1172; Alex., 1072; and Josephus, ATT 1002. Bagster's Bible. antediluvian patriarchs before they had sons, 18 וַיְחִי־יֶרֶךְ שְׁתַּיִם וְשִׁשִׁים שָׁנָה וּמְאַת the sixth millenary to the fourth. They did in order to bring the birth of Christ from not alter the ages of Jared, Methuselah, and Lamech, because it would have prolonged their lives beyond the flood. nology differ in the following manner : 20 וַיִּהְיוּ -The Hebrew, Greek, and Samaritan chro Total. Heb. Sam. LXX. Heb. Sam. LXX Heb. Sam. LXX. 162 800 785 800 962 847 962 187 782 653 782 969 720 969 Lamech.... 182 53 188 595 600 565 777 653 753 D Noah 500 25 וַיְחִי מְתוּשֶׁלַח שֶׁבַע וּשְׁמֹנִים שָׁנָה Schumann, from whom the above table is 26 וַיְחִי .taken, adopts the chronology of the Heb. text וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד אֶת־לָמֶךְ : της σε 19 καὶ ἔζησεν Ἰάρεδ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν ס TIT 31 καὶ ἀπέθανε. Ενώχ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Μαθουσάλα. 22 εὐηρέστησε δὲ Ενώχ τῷ θεῷ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαθουσάλα, διακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 23 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ενὼχ, πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ τριακόσια ἔτη. 24 καὶ εὐηρέστησεν Ἐνὼχ τῷ θερ. καὶ οὐχ ευρίσκετο, ὅτι μετέθηκεν αὐτὸν ὁ Θεός. 25 καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατόν. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱόν. 29 καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Νῶς, λέγων. οὗτος διαναπαύσει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν λυπῶν τῶν χειρῶν ἡμῶν, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς ἧς κατηράσατο κύριος ὁ θεός. 30 καὶ ἔζησε Λάμεχ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Νῶε, πεντακόσια καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ πέντε ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 31 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Λάμεχ, ἑπτακόσια καὶ πεντηκοντατρία ἔτη. ἀπέθανε. ΚΕΦ. 6. καὶ Καὶ ἦν Νῶς ἐτῶν πεντακοσίων. καὶ ἐγέννησε τρεῖς υἱοὺς τὸν Σὴμ, τὸν Χὰμ, τὸν Ἰάφεθ. του Λάμεχ. 20 καὶ ἔζησε Μαθουσάλα μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Λάμεχ, δύο καὶ ὀκτακόσια τμήμα που πήρε το ΠΕΠ 32 έτη. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. Η ΠΟΥΤΙΝ ΕΝ Ε της τα 27 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαθουσάλα ἃς ἔζησεν, ἐννέα καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια 3 ἔζησε δὲ 'Αδὰμ τριάκοντα καὶ διακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἀπέθανε. 28 καὶ ἔζησε Λάμεχ ὀκτὼ ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησε κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ, καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σήθ. 4 ἐγένοντο δὲ αἱ ἡμέραι ̓Αδάμ, ἃς ἔζησε μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Σὴθ, ἔτη ἑπτακόσια. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 5 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι ̓Αδάμ, ἃς ἔζησε, τριάκοντα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἀπέθανεν. 6 ἔζησε δὲ Σὴθ πέντε καὶ διακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ἐνώς. 7 καὶ ἔζησε Σὴθ μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ἐνὼς, ἑπτὰ ἔτη καὶ ἑπτακόσια. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 8 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Σήθ, δώδεκα καὶ ἐννακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἀπέθανε. 9 καὶ ἔζησεν Ενὼς ἔτη ἑκατὸν ἐννενήκοντα. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Καϊνᾶν. 10 καὶ ἔζησεν Ενὼς μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Καϊναν, πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη καὶ ἑπτακόσια. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 11 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Ενὼς πέντε ἔτη καὶ 4 And the days of Adam after he had εννακόσια. καὶ ἀπέθανε. 12 καὶ ἔζησε begotten Seth were eight hundred years: Καϊνᾶν ἑβδομήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέν- and he begat sons and daughters: νησε τὸν Μαλελεήλ. 13 καὶ ἔζησε Καϊνᾶν μετὰ τὸ γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Μαλελεήλ, τεσσαράκοντα καὶ ἑπτακόσια ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 14 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Καϊναν δέκα ἔτη καὶ ἐννακόσια. καὶ ἀπέθανε. 15 καὶ ἔζησε Μαλελεήλ πέντε καὶ ἑξήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἔτη. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ιάρεδ. 16 καὶ ἔξησε Μαλελεήλ μετὰ τὸ 8 And all the days of Seth were nine γεννῆσαι αὐτὸν τὸν Ιάρεδ, ἔτη τριάκοντα καὶ hundred and twelve years: and he died. ἑπτακόσια. καὶ ἐγέννησεν υἱοὺς καὶ θυγατέρας. 9 9 And Enos lived ninety years, and 17 καὶ ἐγένοντο πᾶσαι αἱ ἡμέραι Μαλελεήλ, begat Cainan [Heb. Kenan]: ἔτη πέντε καὶ ἐνενήκοντα καὶ ὀκτακόσια. καὶ ἀπέθανε. 18 καὶ ἔζησεν Ιάρεδ δύο καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἔτη καὶ ἑκατὸν. καὶ ἐγέννησε τὸν Ενώχ. Au. Ver.-3¶ And Adam lived [B.C. 3874] an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth : 5 And all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died. 6 And Seth lived an hundred and [3769] five years, and begat Enos: 7 And Seth lived after he begat Enos eight hundred and seven years, and begat sons and daughters: 10 And Enos lived after he begat Cainan eight hundred and fifteen years, and begat sons and daughters: 11 And all the days of Enos were nine hundred and five years: and he died. [2448] 32 And Noah was five hundred years old: and Noah begat Shem, Ham, and [B.C. 3609] 12¶ And Cainan lived seventy Japheth. years, and begat Mahalaleel [Gr. Maleleel] : CHAP. VI. 3. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה לֹא־יָדוֹן רוּחִי בָאָדָם And Cainan lived after he begat 13 לְעלָם בְּשַׁגַּם הוּא בָשָׂר וְהָיוּ יָמָיו מֵאָה ,Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty years and begat sons and daughters: 14 And all the days of Cainan were nine hundred and ten years: and he died. [3544] 15 | And Mahalaleel lived sixty and five years, and begat Jared [Heb. Jered]: 16 And Mahalaleel lived after he begat Jared eight hundred and thirty years, and begat sons and daughters: 17 And all the days of Mahalaleel were eight hundred ninety and five years: and he died. [3382] 18 ¶ And Jared lived an hundred sixty and two years, and he begat Enoch: 19 And Jared lived after he begat Enoch eight hundred years, and begat sons and daughters: [3317] 20 And all the days of Jared were nine hundred sixty and two years: and he died. 21 ¶ And Enoch lived sixty and five years, and begat Methuselah [Gr. Mathusala]: 22 And Enoch walked with God after he begat Methuselah three hundred begat sons and daughters: years, and 23 And all the days of Enoch were three hundred sixty and five years: 24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. [3130] 25 And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech [Heb. Lemech]: 26 And Methuselah lived after he begat| Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters: 27 And all the days of Methuselah were nine hundred sixty and nine years: and he died. [2948] 28 And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: 29 And he called his name Noah [Gr. Noe] [that is, rest or comfort], saying, This same shall comfort us concerning our work and toil of our hands, because of the ground which the LORD hath cursed. 30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters: [2353] 31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died. καὶ εἶπε κύριος ὁ θεός. οὐ μὴ καταμείνῃ τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις τούτοις εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, διὰ τὸ εἶναι αὐτοὺς σάρκας. Au. Ver. And the LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years. Gesen. My spirit shall not always predominate in man. The spirit of God appears to signify here, as Ps. civ. 30, the principle of animation in the creatures; hence the sense, I will take away from them their breath, they shall not live any longer on earth. The LXX. has for T, Karaμeivη, Vulg., permanebit, Syriac, Arabic, habitabit (perhaps after the reading it from Di, Arab. to remain). Others explain by the Arabic, med. Vau signifying, to be degraded, humbled; hence the interpretation, My spirit shall not be degraded for ever Booth. These are the events which oc- | kind, and every creeping thing that creep.curred in the days of Noah. eth upon the earth after his kind, and every Schum. Hæc sunt res gestæ Noachi, sive, fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. Hæc est vita Noachi. According to Schumann, without the addition of does not denote wild animals. He therefore supposes that is here the general term, including all animals; and that comprehends all the larger animals, as distinguished from w reptiles. Some also think that here includes all the larger birds, and the smaller ones. CHAP. VIII. 3. καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῶν kalapon drra rrd, dooey kat env, Kai drd Travrov Tov Tereumov Tov un saeapon duo duo, dprey kat env, duaepeat Orepua dit racay τὴν γῆν. Au. Ver.-3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth. Ged. Of the birds of the air also, that are clean, seven pairs, each male with his female; and, of the unclean, two pairs; each male with his female; to preserve their καὶ ἐνεδίδου τὸ ὕδωρ πορευόμενον ἀπὸ τῆς καὶ ἠλαττονοῦτο τὸ ὕδωρ μετὰ πεντήκοντα καὶ ἑκατὸν ἡμέρας. Au. Ver.-3 And the waters returned from off the earth continually [Heb. in going and returning]: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated. Schumann conjectures that this verse is spurious, as he thinks that it contradicts chap. vii. 4, 12. Booth. And at the end of one hundred and fifty days, &c., &c. Som Ver. 11. וַתָּבֹא אֵלָיו הַיּוֹנָה לְעֵת עֶרֶב וְהִנֵּה seed upon the face of the whole earth. So also Boothroyd, following the reading of the Sam. and LXX. καὶ ἀνέστρεψε πρὸς αὐτὸν ἡ περιστερὰ τὸ Rosenmiller thinks there is no necessity rpos dortpay. kat eixe pillow thatas kip .as it is pos ev To orduart auris ;השמים after הטהרה to add the word implied in the context. Au. Ver.-11 And the dove came in to Au. Ver.-8 Of clean beasts, and of him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew of everything that creepeth upon the earth. that the waters were abated from off the Ged., Booth. Of beasts both clean and earth. unclean, of birds both clean and unclean, &c., &c. See note on verse 3. Ver. 14. Gesen., Rosen.- adj. fresh, recens, applied to a leaf, Gen. viii. 11. (Arabic b, to be new.) Prof. Lee agrees with our authorized طرف μενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς κατὰ γένος, καὶ πᾶν ὄρνεον πετεινὸν κατὰ γένος αὐτοῦ. 2 καὶ ὁ τρόμος, καὶ ὁ φόβος ὑμῶν ἔσται du. Ver.-14 They, and every beast ert Taot Tots empious sys, ert ravra rd after his kind, and all the cattle after their | wereund rov obpanov, kat ent dura rd kuvot |