⁴ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

¹ tn Here the context indicates the miraculous nature of the signs mentioned.

¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

¹ tn The miraculous nature of these signs is implied in the context.

¹ sn Some apparently regretted what had taken place. Beating their breasts was a sign of lamentation.

² tn Heb “and they will become a sign between me and you.”

³ sn Along with putting dirt on one’s head, wearing sackcloth was a sign of mourning.

² tn Heb “signs.” The words “that occur” are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or, more literally, “a permanent sign that will not be cut off.”

⁴ sn Shaving the head and beard were outward signs of mourning and grief.

¹ tn Heb “like a sign [i.e., portent or bad omen] I am to many.”

¹ tc The LXX reads, “Ask those who go by the way, and do not disown their signs.”

² tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”

¹ tn Heb “and this to you [is] the sign which will come to both of your sons.”

² tn The words “then give me a sign as proof” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

² tn Heb “in order that this might be a sign among you.”

³ tn Heb “sign”; “reminder.” The term “sign” is not used in the translation because it might imply to an English reader that God hung a sign on Cain. The text does not identify what the “sign” was. It must have been some outward, visual reminder of Cain’s special protected status.

¹ tn Here σημεῖον (sēmeion) has been translated as “miraculous sign” rather than simply “sign” or “miracle” since both components appear to be present in the context. See also the note on this word in v. 16.

² sn For a discussion of male circumcision as the sign of the covenant in this passage see M. V. Fox, “The Sign of the Covenant: Circumcision in the Light of the Priestly ʾot Etiologies,” RB 81 (1974): 557-96.

¹ tn Grk “The greeting in my hand, Paul, which is a sign in every letter, thus I write.”