If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
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Gill's Exposition
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 mentioned as a further proof and instance of God's goodness to Adam's family in this…
- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך chenôk, Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ı̂yrād, ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass, citizen.” מחוּיאל mechûya'el, Mechujael, “smitten of ‘El, or life of…
By this speech of Lamech, which is here recorded, and probably was much talked of in those times, he further appears to have been a wicked man, as Cain's accursed race generally were. Observe, 1. How…
Cambridge Bible
seventy and sevenfold Cf. Gen 4:4. Lamech boasts that seventy and seven deaths should be the penalty of revenge if he were slain.
The first note of warfare is sounded in this fierce exultation in a…