World English Bible
Genesis 4:24
“If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”
Verse in context — Genesis 4
Zillah also gave birth to Tubal Cain, the forger of every cutting instrument of brass and iron. Tubal Cain's sister was Naamah.
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 wounding me, a young man for bruising me.
If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.
Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth, "for God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.
There was also born a son to Seth, and he named him Enosh. Then men began to call on Yahweh's name.
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