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23 Then[a] Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, listen to my voice;
    O wives of Lamech, hear my words.
I have killed a man for wounding me,
    Even a young man for injuring me.
24 If Cain is avenged sevenfold,
    Then Lamech will be avenged seventy and seven times.

25 Then[b] Adam knew[c] his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for she said “God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:23 Or “And”
  2. Genesis 4:25 Or “And”
  3. Genesis 4:25 Or “had intercourse with”