Genesis 4:24

24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Genesis 4:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
ESV
24 If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold."
NLT
24 If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”
MSG
24 If Cain is avenged seven times, for Lamech it's seventy-seven!
CSB
24 If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

Genesis 4:24 In-Context

22 Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
23 Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, listen to me; wives of Lamech, hear my words. I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
25 Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Deuteronomy 32:35; 2 Kings 9:7; Psalms 18:47; Psalms 94:1; Isaiah 35:4; Jeremiah 51:56; Nahum 1:2
  • 2. S ver 15
  • 3. Matthew 18:22
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