23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah,
Listen to my voice,
You wives of Lamech,
Give heed to my speech,
(A)For I [a]have killed a man for wounding me;
And a boy for striking me;
24 If Cain is avenged (B)sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

25 (C)Adam [b]had relations with his wife again; and she gave birth to a son, and named him [c]Seth, for, she said, “God [d]has appointed me another [e]offspring in place of Abel, (D)for Cain killed him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:23 Or kill
  2. Genesis 4:25 Lit knew
  3. Genesis 4:25 Heb Sheth
  4. Genesis 4:25 Heb shath
  5. Genesis 4:25 Lit seed