15And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
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And the LORD said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof.
And render unto our neighbours sevenfold into their bosom their reproach, wherewith they have reproached thee, O Lord.
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children, and women: but come not near any man upon whom is the mark; and begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the ancient men which were before the house.
And the third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand,
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 13-15)We have here a further account of the proceedings against Cain. I. Here is Cain’s complaint of the sentence passed upon him, as hard and severe. Some make him to speak the language of despair, and read it, My iniquity is greater than that it may be forgiven ; and so what he says is a reproach and affront to the mercy of God, which those only shall have the benefit of that hope in it. There is forg…
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