Genesis 4:23
Lamech said to his wives,“Adah and Zillah! Listen to me! You wives of Lamech, hear my words! I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for hurting me.
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Referenced Verses
- Exod 20:13 : 13 “You shall not murder.
- Lev 19:18 : 18 You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.
- Num 23:18 : 18 Balaam Prophesies Again Balaam uttered his oracle, and said,“Rise up, Balak, and hear; Listen to me, son of Zippor:
- Judg 9:7 : 7 Jotham’s Parable When Jotham heard the news, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He spoke loudly to the people below,“Listen to me, leaders of Shechem, so that God may listen to you!
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24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times as much, then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
25 And Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying,“God has given me another child in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”
- Gen 4:13-208 verses84%
13 Then Cain said to the LORD,“My punishment is too great to endure!
14 Look! You are driving me off the land today, and I must hide from your presence. I will be a homeless wanderer on the earth; whoever finds me will kill me.”
15 But the LORD said to him,“All right then, if anyone kills Cain, Cain will be avenged seven times as much.” Then the LORD put a special mark on Cain so that no one who found him would strike him down.
16 So Cain went out from the presence of the LORD and lived in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
17 The Beginning of Civilization Cain was intimate with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.
18 To Enoch was born Irad, and Irad was the father of Mehujael. Mehujael was the father of Methushael, and Methushael was the father of Lamech.
19 Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.
20 Adah gave birth to Jabal; he was the first of those who live in tents and keep livestock.
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22 Now Zillah also gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who heated metal and shaped all kinds of tools made of bronze and iron. The sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.
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28 When Lamech had lived 182 years, he had a son.
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30 Lamech lived 595 years after he became the father of Noah, and he had other sons and daughters.
31 The entire lifetime of Lamech was 777 years, and then he died.
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8 Cain said to his brother Abel,“Let’s go out to the field.” While they were in the field, Cain attacked his brother Abel and killed him.
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3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
- Gen 4:10-112 verses66%
10 But the LORD said,“What have you done? The voice of your brother’s blood is crying out to me from the ground!
11 So now, you are banished from the ground, which has opened its mouth to receive your brother’s blood from your hand.
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25 When Methuselah had lived 187 years, he became the father of Lamech.
26 Methuselah lived 782 years after he became the father of Lamech, and he had other sons and daughters.
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24 and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.
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1 The Story of Cain and Abel Now the man was intimate with his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain. Then she said,“I have created a man just as the LORD did!”
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23 Then the man said,“This one at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; this one will be called‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
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7 Now the entire family has risen up against your servant, saying,‘Turn over the one who struck down his brother, so that we can execute him and avenge the death of his brother whom he killed. In so doing we will also destroy the heir.’ They want to extinguish my remaining coal, leaving no one on the face of the earth to carry on the name of my husband.”
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23 But if there is serious injury, then you will give a life for a life,
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37 He found another man and said,“Wound me!” So the man wounded him severely.
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4 The length of time Adam lived after he became the father of Seth was 800 years; during this time he had other sons and daughters.
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9 He said to me,‘Stand over me and finish me off! I’m very dizzy, even though I’m still alive.’