Genesis 4:24

Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain’s behalf, 1 On Lamech’s it shall be seventy times seven.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

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23And Lamech said to his wives, 1 Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, 1 Ye wives of Lamech, consider my words, 1 Because I have slain a man to my sorrow 1 And a youth to my grief. 1

25And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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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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