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24If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Genesis 4:24

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

  • And 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.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 23-24)

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 expected a mighty regard and observance: Hear my voice, you wives of Lamech . No marvel that he who had broken one law of marriage, by tak…

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