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Kenites
61. It has been taught about Jethro: Why is his name called 'Kenite?' Because he "had severed himself from Cain" (Shoftim 4:11). The Holy Luminary, RABBI SHIMON, arose and said: Therefore it is written ABOUT CAIN, "I have acquired (Heb. kaniti) a manchild from Hashem" (Beresheet 4:1), for she saw JETHRO through the Holy Spirit and that his sons would in the future sit in the Chamber of Granit Stones, WHERE THE SANHEDRIN USED TO MEET.
61. וְאוֹקְמוּהָ עַל יִתְרוֹ, לָמָּה נִקְרָא שְׁמוֹ קֵינִי, שֶׁנִּפְרָד מִקַּיִן. קָם בּוּצִינָא קַדִישָׁא וְאָמַר, עַל דָּא כְּתִיב, קָנִיתִי אִישׁ אֶת יְדֹוָ"ד. דְּחָזָאָת לֵיהּ בְּרוּחַ הַקֹּדֶשׁ, דַּעֲתִידִין בְּנוֹי לְמֵיתַב בְּלִשְׁכַּת הַגָּזִית.