New American Standard Bible 1995

Genesis 4:23-24

23Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, Listen to my voice, You wives of Lamech, Give heed to my speech, 1For I 2have killed a man for wounding me; And a boy for striking me;24If Cain is avenged 3sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”

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Notes

1. Genesis 4:23 Ex 20:13; Lev 19:18; Deut 32:35; Ps 94:1 ↩
2. Genesis 4:23 Or kill ↩
3. Genesis 4:24 Gen 4:15 ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 4

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Calvin’s Commentaries
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings