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