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If Cain is to be avenged seven times over, then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!
Genesis 4:24 In-Context
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Zillah also had a son, Tubal-Cain, who forged all kinds of tools out of bronze and iron. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.
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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.
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If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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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.”
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Seth also had a son, and he named him Enosh. At that time people began to call on the name of the LORD.