Genesis 4:24

Sevenfold vengeance will be given for Cain, but for Lamech, seventy-seven times.”

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In The King James Version

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

In Context

23And Lamech said to his wives Adah and Zillah: “Listen to my voice, you wives of Lamech, pay attention to my speech. For I have killed a man to my own harm, and an adolescent to my own bruising.

25Adam also knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son, and she called his name Seth, saying, “God has given me another offspring, in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

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Cross References

Matthew 18:22Jesus said to him: “I do not say to you, even seven times, but even seventy times seven times.

Matthew Henry on Genesis 4:24-25

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. 24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. By this speech of Lamech, which is here recorded, and probably was much talked of in those times, he further appears to have been a wicked man, as Cain's accursed race generally were. Observe, 1. How haughtily and imperiously he speaks to his wives, as one that… Read the whole commentary →

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