Genesis 4:24 BSB — MannaFest

Genesis 4:24

If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

BSB

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ASV

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

KJV

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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Commentary

2 voices

Bede

Commentary on Genesis (Hexaemeron) (735)

Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain, but for Lamech seventy-sevenfold. Sevenfold vengeance was taken for Cain, as he bore the penalties of fratricide and envy as a wandering fugitive up to the seventh generation.

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The Church Fathers1 voice

Basil of Caesarea

Letter 260 (379)

Some suppose that Cain was slain by Lamech, and that he survived to this generation that he might suffer a longer punishment. But this is not the case. Lamech evidently committed two murders, from what he says himself, "I have slain a man and a young man," the man to his wounding, and the young man to his hurt. There is a difference between wounding and hurt. And there is a difference between a man and a young man. "If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold."

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֥י	ki	for	H3588 →
שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם	shiv.'a.Ta.yim	sevenfold	H7659 →
יֻקַּם־	yu.kam-	he will be avenged	H5358 →
קָ֑יִן	Ka.yin	Cain	H7014 →
וְלֶ֖מֶךְ	ve.Le.mekh	and Lamech	H3929 →
שִׁבְעִ֥ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃	ve.shiv.'Ah	and seven	H7651 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 18:22
Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!
leads to
- Colossians 3:13
  Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
- Mark 11:25
  And when you stand to pray, if you hold anything against another, forgive it, so that your Father in heaven will forgive your trespasses as well.”
- Ephesians 4:31
  Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, outcry and slander, along with every form of malice.
- Matthew 6:14–15
  For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
- Ephesians 4:26
  “Be angry, yet do not sin.” Do not let the sun set upon your anger,
Through
Genesis 4:15
“Not so!” replied the LORD. “If anyone slays Cain, then Cain will be avenged sevenfold.” And the LORD placed a mark on Cain, so that no one who found him would kill him.
leads to
- Ezekiel 9:4
  “Go throughout the city of Jerusalem,” said the LORD, “and put a mark on the foreheads of the men sighing and groaning over all the abominations committed there.”
- Psalms 79:12
  Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.
- Ezekiel 9:6
  Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders…

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Where the connections lead

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06About Genesis

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Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Genesis