Genesis 4:24
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
KJV
Septuplum ultio dabitur de Cain : de Lamech vero septuagies septies.
Vulgate
ὅτι ἑπτάκις ἐκδεδίκηται ἐκ Κάιν, ἐκ δὲ Λάμεχ ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά.
LXX
If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
ASV
כִּ֥י שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם יֻקַּם קָ֑יִן וְ/לֶ֖מֶךְ שִׁבְעִ֥ים וְ/שִׁבְעָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
לָֽמֶךְ
lmk
proper_noun · 11×
קַ֔יִן
qyn
proper_noun · 18×
שִׁבְעִ֥ים
shb'ym
adjective · 90×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם
shb'tym
noun · 6×
תִתְנַקֵּ֖ם
ttnqm
verb · 35×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. See by how many things He has warned them. He said, You condemn your fathers, in that you say, We would not have been partakers with them; and this is no little thing to shame them. He said, While ye condemn them, you do worse things, even ye yourselves; and this is sufficient to cover them with disgrace. He said, These things shall not be without punishment; and hence he im…
Cross-references
- Gen 4:15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
- Gen 4:15 — And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.
- Matt 18:22 — Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.
- Matt 18:22 — Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.