OET interlinear GEN 4:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הֵן֩

if

This term emphasizes what Cain says next. See how you translated this term in Genesis 1:29 and 3:22. It may be necessary to translate it in different ways, depending on the context. Alternate translation: [Listen]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

גֵּרַ֨שְׁתָּ אֹתִ֜⁠י הַ⁠יּ֗וֹם

(Some words not found in UHB: if you(ms)_have_driven_away DOM=me the=day from=under face/surface_of the=soil and=from=your(ms)=face/front I_will_be_hidden/concealed and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting on_the=earth and=it_was all finding=me he/it_will_smite/kill=me )

See how you translated drove in Genesis 3:24. Alternate translation: [today you are forcing me away] or [you have now prevented me]

מֵ⁠עַל֙ פְּנֵ֣י הָֽ⁠אֲדָמָ֔ה

from=under (Some words not found in UHB: if you(ms)_have_driven_away DOM=me the=day from=under face/surface_of the=soil and=from=your(ms)=face/front I_will_be_hidden/concealed and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting on_the=earth and=it_was all finding=me he/it_will_smite/kill=me )

Alternate translation: [from working the land]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠מִ⁠פָּנֶ֖י⁠ךָ אֶסָּתֵ֑ר

(Some words not found in UHB: if you(ms)_have_driven_away DOM=me the=day from=under face/surface_of the=soil and=from=your(ms)=face/front I_will_be_hidden/concealed and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting on_the=earth and=it_was all finding=me he/it_will_smite/kill=me )

This clause is probably a common expression that means Cain will be cursed and no longer blessed by God. Alternate translation: [and I will be separated from you] or [and you will no longer bless me]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

וְ⁠הָיִ֜יתִי נָ֤ע וָ⁠נָד֙ בָּ⁠אָ֔רֶץ

and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting (Some words not found in UHB: if you(ms)_have_driven_away DOM=me the=day from=under face/surface_of the=soil and=from=your(ms)=face/front I_will_be_hidden/concealed and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting on_the=earth and=it_was all finding=me he/it_will_smite/kill=me )

See how you translated this phrase in verse 4:12. Alternate translation: [I will be a fugitive who wanders around on the earth without a permanent home] or [I will be a wandering outcast on the earth]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כָל־מֹצְאִ֖⁠י יַֽהַרְגֵֽ⁠נִי

all finding=me (Some words not found in UHB: if you(ms)_have_driven_away DOM=me the=day from=under face/surface_of the=soil and=from=your(ms)=face/front I_will_be_hidden/concealed and=I_will_be wavering/wandering and=nodding/deploring/taunting on_the=earth and=it_was all finding=me he/it_will_smite/kill=me )

Cain uses generalization and extreme statement here to emphasize his strong emotion. If possible, keep this extreme statement in your translation because it helps communicate how fearful Cain felt. Alternate translation: [anyone who meets me will kill me!]