East of Eden pt. 7

East of Eden's next 50 pages (275-325) contained a lot of the novel's emotions. In this passage, the speaker, who turned out to be a grandchild of Samuel, wrote about his experiences with his uncle Tom, and he went in depth into Tom's character. Also, in this section, Samuel's eldest daughter, Una, died, and it tore Sam apart and he was never the same. Lee and Sam talked to Adam and finally told him that they knew where Cathy was. They had a long and meaningful conversation about the book of Genesis and about Cain overcoming his evil after killing his brother Abel, all because of what God tells Cain: "Timshel!", which is Hebrew of "Thou Mayest." After Sam said goodbye to his friends, he and Liza went to visit their children, and as Sam had predicted, it was his final journey, for he died after leaving the farm. In this section, we also finally got the long-awaited confrontation between...............*drum rolls*............Adam and Cathy! I half expected Adam to be a coward and all that, but he was awesome! *WOOT WOOT* he never let Cathy get to him, and that actually made HER lose control! :) In my opinion, this was one of the best sections of the novel.

Question: Will the word "Timshel" hold more significance later on in the book? Why was the discussion about that subject so long? :)