Genesis 4:10
Douay-Rheims
And he said to him: What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth to me from the earth.
Rashi
דמי אחיך THY BROTHERS BLOOD — דמי is plural — bloods” — his blood and the blood of his possible descendants (Genesis Rabbah 22:9). Another explanation of why the plural is used: he inflicted upon him many wounds, because he knew not whence his soul would depart (i. e. which blow would prove fatal) (Sanhedrin 37b).
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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1105 · Genesis 4:10
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