Correcting a persistent and disastrous mistranslation of Gen 4:15 as "avenged sevenfold". Rather, the clemency given is a merely a delay of punishment: "If so, the same shall be done for any who kills Cain. He shall stand (survive) for seven [generations]" And placed the LORD upon Cain a mark, lest they strike him who do discover him.
What does it mean to be righteous? How does one walk with G-d? How can we become blameless in this age? Answer by adding sources to this public sheet! Add your own commentary, and link out students to the scholarship on your Sefaria profile.
None of us have the authority to stand in the place of the Holy One and judge between Noah, Abraham, Adam, and the others. The "hidden things belong to the LORD, and the revealed things to us and to our sons (and daughters, and disciples)"
We should all strive to be "blameless in our generation," like our father Noah was in his.