Genesis 4:24

If Kayin (Cain) shall be avenged sevenfold, 1 truly Lamech seventy and seven times over.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23And Lamech said unto his wives, 1 Adah and Tzilah, Hear my voice; 1 ye wives of Lamech, give heed to my speech; 1 for I have slain an ish for my wounding, 1 and a yeled for my chabburah. + 4:23 See Ga 6:17 1

25And Adam knew his isha again; and she bore a ben, and called shmo Shet; for Elohim, said she, hath appointed me another zera in place of Hevel, whom Kayin killed.

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Cross References

Matthew 18:22Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to Kefa, I do not say to you as many as shevah, but as many as shivim (seventy) times shevah.

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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