unfoldingWord_en_tn/gen/04/23.md

# Adah ... Zillah

See how you translated these women's names in [Genesis 4:19](./18.md).

# listen to my voice ... listen to what I say

Lamech said the same thing twice for emphasis. His voice is a synecdoche for his whole person. AT: "listen carefully to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me

Lamech killed only one person. These two phrases means the same thing and are repeated to emphasize the certainly of his action. AT: "a young man because he hurt me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech

Lamech knows that God will avenge Cain seven times. AT: "Since God will punish anyone who kills Cain seven times, Lamech" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times

This can be stated in active form. AT: "whoever kills me, God will punish seventy-seven times" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# seventy-seven

77 (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lamech]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Adah ... Zillah`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`See how you translated these women's names in [Genesis 4:19](./18.md).`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# listen to my voice ... listen to what I say`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Lamech said the same thing twice for emphasis. His voice is a synecdoche for his whole person. AT: "listen carefully to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Lamech killed only one person. These two phrases means the same thing and are repeated to emphasize the certainly of his action. AT: "a young man because he hurt me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Lamech knows that God will avenge Cain seven times. AT: "Since God will punish anyone who kills Cain seven times, Lamech" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# then Lamech will be avenged seventy-seven times`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "whoever kills me, God will punish seventy-seven times" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# seventy-seven`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`77 (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cain]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lamech]]`