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23 Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice!
    You wives of Lamech, listen to what I say.
I killed a man for wounding me,
    a young man for hitting me.
24 If Cain’s killer is punished seven times,
    then Lamech’s killer will be punished seventy-seven times.”

Adam and Eve Have a New Son

25 Adam had sexual relations with his wife Eve again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth[a] and said, “God has given me another child. He will take the place of Abel, who was killed by Cain.”

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Footnotes

  1. 4:25 Seth This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “to give.”

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