Genesis 4:23

Bishops' Bible (1568)

And Lamech saide vnto his wiues Ada and Sella: Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech, hearken vnto my speache: for I haue slayne a man to the woundyng of my selfe, & a young man to myne owne punishment.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kyll.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not auenge nor wayte to do displeasure agaynst the chyldren of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour euen as thy selfe: I am the Lorde.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he toke vp his parable, and aunswered: Rise vp Balac, and heare, and hearke vnto me thou sonne of Ziphor.
  • Judg 9:7 : 7 And when they tolde it to Ioatham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim, and lyft vp his voyce, & cryed, and sayd vnto them: Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem, that God may hearken vnto you.

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  • Gen 4:24-25
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    84%

    24If Cain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech seuentie tymes & seuen tymes.

    25Adam knewe his wyfe agayne, and she bare a sonne, and called his name Seth: For God sayde she hath appoynted me another seede in steade of Habel whom Cain slewe.

  • Gen 4:13-20
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    84%

    13And Cain sayde vnto the Lord: My iniquitie is more then that it may be forgeuen.

    14Beholde, thou hast cast me out this day from the vpper face of the earth, & from thy face shall I be hyd, fugitiue also and a vacabounde shall I be in the earth: and it shall come to passe, that euery one that fyndeth me shal slay me.

    15And the Lorde said vnto him: Uerely whosoeuer slayeth Cain, he shalbe punished seuen folde. And the Lorde set a marke vpon Cain, lest any man fyndyng hym shoulde kyll hym.

    16And Cain went out from the presence of the Lorde, & dwelt in the lande of Nod, eastwarde from Eden.

    17Cain also knewe his wyfe, whiche conceaued and bare Henoch, and buyldyng a citie, he called the name of the same citie after the name of his sonne Henoch.

    18Unto ye same Henoch was borne Irad: Irad begat Mehuiael, Mehuiael begat Methusael, Methusael begat Lamech.

    19And Lamech toke vnto hym two wyues, the name of the one was Ada, and the name of the other was Sella.

    20And Ada bare Iabel, which was the father of such as dwel in the tentes, and of such as haue cattell.

  • Gen 4:22
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    22And Sella also bare Thubalcain, which wrought cunnyngly euery craft of brasse and of iron, the sister of Thubalcain was Noema.

  • Gen 5:28
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    28Lamech liued an hundreth eyghtie & two yeres, and begate a sonne,

  • Gen 5:30-31
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    69%

    30And Lamech lyued after he begat Noah, fiue hudreth ninetie & fiue yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

    31And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seue yeres, and he dyed.

  • Gen 4:8
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    8And Cain talked with Habel his brother: and it came to passe when they were in the fielde, Cain rose vp agaynst Habel his brother, & slewe him.

  • 1 Chr 1:3
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    3Henoh, Methusalah, Lamech.

  • Gen 4:10-11
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    10And he sayde: What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me out of the grounde.

    11And nowe art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receaue thy brothers blood from thy hande.

  • Gen 5:25-26
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    25Methuselah also lyued an hundreth eyghtie and seue yeres, and begate Lamech.

    26And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seue hundreth eightie and two yeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Exod 22:24
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    24And then wyl my wrath waxe hotte, and I wyll kyll you with the sworde, & your wyues shalbe widowes, and your chyldren fatherlesse.

  • Gen 4:1
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    1And Adam knewe Heua his wyfe, who conceauing bare Cain, saying: I haue gotten a man of the Lorde.

  • Gen 2:23
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    23And man saide: this is nowe bone of my bones, and fleshe of my fleshe, she shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
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    7And beholde, the whole kindred is risen against thy handmayd, & they said: Delyuer hym that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whom he slue, we will destroy the heyre also: And so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left, and shall not leaue to my husband neither name nor issue vpon the earth.

  • Exod 21:23
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    23And if any destruction folowe, then he shall geue life for life,

  • 1 Kgs 20:37
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    37Then he founde another man, & sayde: Smyte me I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smyting he wounded him.

  • Gen 5:4
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    4Al the dayes of Adam after he had begotten Seth, were eyght hudreth yeres, and he begat sonnes and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
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    9He sayde vnto me agayne: I pray thee come vpon me, and slea me: For anguyshe is come vpon me, because my life is yet whole in me.