Luke 3:36

3:36 the son of Cainan, 1  the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

Luke 17:26-27

17:26 Just 2  as it was 3  in the days of Noah, 4  so too it will be in the days of the Son of Man. 17:27 People 5  were eating, 6  they were drinking, they were marrying, they were being given in marriage – right up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then 7  the flood came and destroyed them all. 8 

1 tc It is possible that the name Καϊνάμ (Kainam) should be omitted, since two key mss, Ì75vid and D, lack it. But the omission may be a motivated reading: This name is not found in the editions of the Hebrew OT, though it is in the LXX, at Gen 11:12 and 10:24. But the witnesses with this reading (or a variation of it) are substantial: א B L Ë1 33 (Καϊνάμ), A Θ Ψ 0102 Ë13 Ï (Καϊνάν, Kainan). The translation above has adopted the more common spelling “Cainan,” although it is based on the reading Καϊνάμ.

2 tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

3 tn Or “as it happened.”

4 sn Like the days of Noah, the time of the flood in Gen 6:5-8:22, the judgment will come as a surprise as people live their day to day lives.

3 tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

4 tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.

5 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

6 sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.