Genesis 4:24 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Genesis 4:24

22 And as for Zillah, she also bore Tubal-Cain, an instructor of every craftsman in bronze and iron. And the sister of Tubal-Cain was Naamah.

23 Then Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
Wives of Lamech, listen to my speech!
For I have¹ killed a man for wounding me,
Even a young man¹ for hurting me.

24 ^aIf 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 ^anamed him Seth, “For God has appointed another seed for me instead of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

26 And as for Seth, ^ato him also a son was born; and he named him¹ Ē´nosh. Then men began ^bto call on the name of the Lord.

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Lamech said unto his wives—This speech is in a poetical form, probably the fragment of an old poem, transmitted to the time of Moses. It seems to indicate that Lamech had slain a man in self-defense, and its drift is to assure his wives, by the preservation of Cain, that an unintentional homicide, as he was, could be in no danger.

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