Genesis 4:13

4:13 Then Cain said to the Lord, “My punishment ¹  is too great to endure! ² 

Genesis 29:1

The Marriages of Jacob

29:1 So Jacob moved on ³  and came to the land of the eastern people. ⁴ 

Genesis 29:11

29:11 Then Jacob kissed Rachel and began to weep loudly. ⁵ 

Genesis 42:26

42:26 So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. ⁶ 

[4:13]  ¹ tn The primary meaning of the Hebrew word עָוֹן (’avon) is “sin, iniquity.” But by metonymy it can refer to the “guilt” of sin, or to “punishment” for sin. The third meaning applies here. Just before this the Lord announces the punishment for Cain’s actions, and right after this statement Cain complains of the severity of the punishment. Cain is not portrayed as repenting of his sin.

[4:13]  ² tn Heb “great is my punishment from bearing.” The preposition מִן (min, “from”) is used here in a comparative sense.

[29:1]  ³ tn Heb “and Jacob lifted up his feet.” This unusual expression suggests that Jacob had a new lease on life now that God had promised him the blessing he had so desperately tried to gain by his own efforts. The text portrays him as having a new step in his walk.

[29:1]  ⁴ tn Heb “the land of the sons of the east.”

[29:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “and he lifted up his voice and wept.” The idiom calls deliberate attention to the fact that Jacob wept out loud.

[42:26]  ⁷ tn Heb “and they went from there.”