Genesis 4:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And Lamech said to his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to my speech: for I have slain a man for my wounding, and a young man for my hurt.

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  • Exod 20:13 : 13 You shall not murder.
  • Lev 19:18 : 18 You shall not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the LORD.
  • Num 23:18 : 18 And he took up his parable and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear; listen to me, son of Zippor:
  • Judg 9:7 : 7 And when they told it to Jotham, he went and stood on the top of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his voice, and cried, and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, so that God may listen to you.

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

    25And Adam knew his wife again; and she bore a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, has appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

  • Gen 4:13-20
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    13And Cain said to the LORD, My punishment is greater than I can bear.

    14Behold, you have driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from your face shall I be hidden; and I shall be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth; and it shall come to pass, that anyone who finds me shall slay me.

    15And the LORD said to him, Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.

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

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

    18And to Enoch was born Irad: and Irad begot Mehujael: and Mehujael begot Methusael: and Methusael begot Lamech.

    19And Lamech took two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

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    22And Zillah, she also bore Tubalcain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

  • Gen 5:28
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    28And Lamech lived one hundred eighty-two years, and had a son:

  • Gen 5:30-31
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    30And Lamech lived after he had Noah five hundred ninety-five years, and had sons and daughters:

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    8And 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 killed him.

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    10And he said, What have you done? the voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.

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    25And Methuselah lived one hundred eighty-seven years, and had Lamech:

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