Genesis 4:24

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Gen 4:15 : 15 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.
  • Matt 18:22 : 22 Jesus saith unto him, ‹I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.›

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  • 23 ¶ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.

  • Gen 4:13-20
    8 verses
    80%

    13 ¶ And Cain said unto the LORD, My punishment [is] greater than I can bear.

    14 Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, [that] every one that findeth me shall slay me.

    15 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.

    16 ¶ And Cain went out from the presence of the LORD, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden.

    17 And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.

    18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begat Mehujael: and Mehujael begat Methusael: and Methusael begat Lamech.

    19 ¶ And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

    20 And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and [of such as have] cattle.

  • Gen 5:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 And Lamech lived after he begat Noah five hundred ninety and five years, and begat sons and daughters:

    31 And all the days of Lamech were seven hundred seventy and seven years: and he died.

  • 28 ¶ And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son:

  • 25 ¶ And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, [said she], hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

  • Gen 4:6-8
    3 verses
    71%

    6 ¶ And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen?

    7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee [shall be] his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.

    8 ¶ And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.

  • Gen 5:25-26
    2 verses
    69%

    25 ¶ And Methuselah lived an hundred eighty and seven years, and begat Lamech:

    26 And Methuselah lived after he begat Lamech seven hundred eighty and two years, and begat sons and daughters:

  • 3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

  • 31 But [if] he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.

  • Gen 4:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10 And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.

    11 And now [art] thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;

  • 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

  • 4 And the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters:

  • 36 Which was [the son] of Cainan, which was [the son] of Arphaxad, which was [the son] of Sem, which was [the son] of Noe, which was [the son] of Lamech,

  • 6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.