Genesis 4:25

וַיֵּדַע אָדָם עוֹד אֶת ־ אִשְׁתּוֹ וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַתִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵׁת כִּי שָֽׁת ־ לִי אֱלֹהִים זֶרַע אַחֵר תַּחַת הֶבֶל כִּי הֲרָגוֹ קָֽיִן ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

In Context

24כִּי שִׁבְעָתַיִם יֻקַּם ־ קָיִן וְלֶמֶךְ שִׁבְעִים וְשִׁבְעָֽה ׃

26וּלְשֵׁת גַּם ־ הוּא יֻלַּד ־ בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ אֱנוֹשׁ אָז הוּחַל לִקְרֹא בְּשֵׁם יְהוָֽה ׃ פ

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Cross References

Genesis 4:8וַיֹּאמֶר קַיִן אֶל ־ הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַֽיְהִי בִּהְיוֹתָם בַּשָּׂדֶה וַיָּקָם קַיִן אֶל ־ הֶבֶל אָחִיו וַיַּהַרְגֵֽהוּ ׃

Genesis 5:3וַֽיְחִי אָדָם שְׁלֹשִׁים וּמְאַת שָׁנָה וַיּוֹלֶד בִּדְמוּתוֹ כְּצַלְמוֹ וַיִּקְרָא אֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ שֵֽׁת ׃

1 Chronicles 1:1אָדָם שֵׁת אֱנֽוֹשׁ ׃

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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