Genesis 4:23

Geneva Bible (1560)

Then Lamech saide vnto his wiues Adah and Zillah, Heare my voyce, ye wiues of Lamech: hearken vnto my speach: for I would slay a man in my wound, and a yong man in mine hurt.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 20:13 : 13 Thou shalt not kill.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 Thou shalt not auenge, nor be mindful of wrong against ye childre of thy people, but shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe: I am the Lord.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he vttered his parable, and sayde, Rise vp, Balak, and heare: hearken vnto me, thou sonne of Zippor.
  • Judg 9:7 : 7 And when they told it to Iotham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Gerizim, & lift vp his voyce, and cryed, & sayd vnto them, Hearken vnto mee, you men of Shechem, that God may hearken vnto you.

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    24If Kain shalbe auenged seuen folde, truely Lamech, seuentie times seuen folde.

    25And Adam knewe his wife againe, and she bare a sonne, and she called his name Sheth: for God, saide she, hath appointed me another seede for Habel, because Kain slewe him.

  • Gen 4:13-20
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    13Then Kain said to the Lorde, My punishment is greater, then I can beare.

    14Behold, thou hast cast me out this day fro the earth, and from thy face shall I be hid, and shalbe a vagabond, and a runnagate in the earth, and whosoeuer findeth me, shall slay me.

    15Then the Lord said vnto him, Doubtlesse whosoeuer slayeth Kain, he shalbe punished seue folde; the Lord set a marke vpon Kain, lest any man finding him should kill him.

    16Then Kain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod towarde the Eastside of Eden.

    17Kain also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henoch: and he built a citie, and called the name of the citie by ye name of his sonne, Henoch.

    18And to Henoch was borne Irad, and Irad begate Mehuiael, and Mehuiael begate Methushael, and Methushael begate Lamech.

    19And Lamech tooke him two wiues: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

    20And Adah bare Iabal, who was the father of such as dwell in the tents, and of such as haue cattell.

  • Gen 4:22
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    22And Zillah also bare Tubal-kain, who wrought cunningly euery craft of brasse and of yron: and the sister of Tubal-kain was Naamah.

  • Gen 5:28
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    28Then Lamech liued an hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate a sonne,

  • Gen 5:30-31
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    30And Lamech liued, after he begate Noah, fiue hundreth ninetie and fiue yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

    31So all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seuen yeeres: and he died.

  • Gen 4:8
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    8Then Kain spake to Habel his brother; when they were in the fielde, Kain rose vp against Habel his brother, and slewe him.

  • 1 Chr 1:3
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    3Henoch, Methushelah, Lamech,

  • Gen 4:10-11
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    10Againe he said, What hast thou done? the voyce of thy brothers blood cryeth vnto me from the earth.

    11Now therefore thou art cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thine hand.

  • Gen 5:25-26
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    25Methushelah also liued an hundreth eightie and seuen yeeres, and begate Lamech.

    26And Methushelah liued, after he begate Lamech, seuen hundreth eightie and two yeeres, and begate sonnes and daughters.

  • Exod 22:24
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    24Then shal my wrath be kindled, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wiues shall be widowes, and your children fatherlesse.

  • Gen 4:1
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    1Afterwarde the man knewe Heuah his wife, which conceiued and bare Kain, and said, I haue obteined a man by the Lord.

  • Gen 2:23
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    23Then the man said, This now is bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She shalbe called woman, because she was taken out of man.

  • 2 Sam 14:7
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    7And beholde, the whole familie is risen against thine handmayde, and they sayde, Deliuer him that smote his brother, that we may kill him for the soule of his brother whome hee slewe, that we may destroy the heire also: so they shall quenche my sparkle which is left, and shall not leaue to mine husband neither name nor posteritie vpon the earth.

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    23But if death followe, then thou shalt paye life for life,

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    37Then he founde another man, and sayde, Smite mee, I pray thee; the man smote him, and in smiting wounded him.

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    4And the dayes of Adam, after he had begotten Sheth, were eight hundreth yeeres, and he begate sonnes and daughters.

  • 2 Sam 1:9
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    9Then saide hee vnto me, I pray thee come vpon mee, and slay me: for anguish is come vpon me, because my life is yet whole in me.