23 Then Lamech said to his wives:

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have [a]killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man [b]for hurting me.
24 (A)If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,
Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

A New Son

25 And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and (B)named him [c]Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:23 slain a man for my wound
  2. Genesis 4:23 for my hurt
  3. Genesis 4:25 Lit. Appointed

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