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 

[3:36]  ¹ tc It is possible that the name Καϊνάμ (Kainam) should be omitted, since two key mss, Ì^75vid 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 ˹ 33 (Καϊνάμ), A Θ Ψ 0102 ˹³ Ï (Καϊνάν, Kainan). The translation above has adopted the more common spelling “Cainan,” although it is based on the reading Καϊνάμ.

[17:26]  ² tn Here καί (kai) has not been translated because of differences between Greek and English style.

[17:26]  ³ tn Or “as it happened.”

[17:26]  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.

[17:27]  ³ tn Grk “They.” The plural in Greek is indefinite, referring to people in general.

[17:27]  ⁴ tn These verbs (“eating… drinking… marrying… being given in marriage”) are all progressive imperfects, describing action in progress at that time.

[17:27]  ⁵ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “then” to indicate the implied sequence of events within the narrative.

[17:27]  ⁶ sn Like that flood came and destroyed them all, the coming judgment associated with the Son of Man will condemn many.