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Genesis 4:24
Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
Genesis 4:24 · Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner)
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Genesis 4:24 in other translations
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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In context
21 And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of them that play upon the harp and the organs.
22 Sella also brought forth Tubalcain, who was a hammerer and artificer in every work of brass and iron. And the sister of Tubalcain was Noema.
23 And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising.
24 Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
25 Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain slew.
26 But to Seth also was born a son, whom he called Enos: this man began to call upon the name of the Lord.
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