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Genesis 4

Gen. 4:24 KJV (With Strong’s)

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If
kiy (Hebrew #3588)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
KJV usage: and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-)as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al- )though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
Pronounce: kee
Origin: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent
Cain
Qayin (Hebrew #7014)
Kajin, the name of the first child, also of a place in Palestine, and of an Oriental tribe
KJV usage: Cain, Kenite(-s).
Pronounce: kah'-yin
Origin: the same as 7013 (with a play upon the affinity to 7069)
shall be avenged
naqam (Hebrew #5358)
to grudge, i.e. avenge or punish
KJV usage: avenge(-r, self), punish, revenge (self), X surely, take vengeance.
Pronounce: naw-kam'
Origin: a primitive root
sevenfold
shib`athayim (Hebrew #7659)
seven- times
KJV usage: seven(-fold, times).
Pronounce: shib-aw-thah'-yim
Origin: dual (adverbially) of 7651
, truly Lamech
Lemek (Hebrew #3929)
Lemek, the name of two antediluvian patriarchs
KJV usage: Lamech.
Pronounce: leh'-mek
Origin: from an unused root of uncertain meaning
seventy
shib`iym. (Hebrew #7657)
seventy
KJV usage: seventy, threescore and ten (+ -teen).
Pronounce: shib-eem'
Origin: multiple of 7651
and sevenfold
sheba` (Hebrew #7651)
from 7650; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
KJV usage: (+ by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare 7658.
Pronounce: sheh'-bah
Origin: or (masculine) shibrah {shib-aw'}
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Cain,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 4:15• 15And Jehovah said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, it shall be avenged sevenfold. And Jehovah set a mark on Cain, lest any finding him should kill him. (Gen. 4:15)
seventy.
Matt. 18:22• 22Jesus says to him, I say not to thee until seven times, but until seventy times seven. (Matt. 18:22)
• Whatever the historical circumstances, the aim was to reassure his wives who dreaded the consequences of his violent deeds. Lemech appears to plead that the blood he had shed was shed in self-defense, not murderously like Cain; and therefore he avails himself of the divine shelter of his own forefather as the surest pledge of intervention on his own behalf. (“Genesis 4:23-26” by W. Kelly)
• Cain slays his righteous brother, is convicted (spite of heartless and insolent prevarication), gets cursed from the ground, and is sentenced to be a wanderer in the earth. What a type of the Jew guilty of the death of Jehovah's righteous Servant, their own Messiah, yet with a sign given that they shall not perish; and in the end under Lamech confessing the sins and avenged seventy and sevenfold (“Genesis 5:1-2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

W. Kelly Translation

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If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold,