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Genesis 4:24
Genesis 4:24 is verse 24 of Genesis chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
Hebrew; LXX can be translated as either seventy times seven or seventy-sevenfold; see also Matthew 18:22.
King James Version
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
World English Bible
If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times.”
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Genesis 4:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 And Zillah gave birth to Tubal-cain, a forger of every implement of bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah.
23 Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”
25 And Adam again had relations with his wife, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another seed in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”
26 And to Seth also a son was born, and he called him Enosh. At that time men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 18:22Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!