Genyeoh
Genesis
Chapter 4
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Lamech said to his wives: "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; you wives of Lamech, listen to what I say: I have killed a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
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If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold."
Genyeoh's Note
May 3
Lamech had enemies, whom he had provoked. He draws a comparison betwixt himself and his ancestor Cain; and flatters himself that he is much less criminal. He seems to abuse the patience of God in sparing Cain, into an encouragement to expect that he may sin unpunished.