Genesis 4:24
“If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son,.... When he was an hundred and five years old, Gen 5:6 and this is…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 4:17-24
- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך chenôk, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ı̂yrād, ‘Irad, “fleet as the…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 4:23-24
By this speech of Lamech, which is here recorded, and probably was much talked of in those times, he further appears to…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
seventy and sevenfold Cf. Gen 4:4. Lamech boasts that seventy and seven deaths should be the penalty of revenge if he…