Genesis 4:24

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- XIX. The Line of Cain 17. חניך ch e nôk , Chanok, “initiation, instruction.” 18. עירד ‛ ı̂yrād , ‘Irad, “fleet as the wild ass,...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech (s) seventy and sevenfold. (s) He mocked at God's tolerance in Cain jesting as though God would all...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Cainite and Sethite Genealogies. Genesis 4:17-24 probably belongs to the earliest stratum of J, in which the progress of civilisation is not inter...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lamech. Supply Ellipsis (App-6), "shall he avenged".
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. Cain shall be avenged sevenfold. It is not my intention to relate the ravings or the dreams of every writer, nor would I have the reader...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Cain and Abel. The Descendants of Cain The narrative, which forms part of the Primitive document, impressively shows how sin, having once appeared...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

See Genesis 4:15 and note. 25, 26. A supplementary note mentioning the birth of Seth and Enos: see on Genesis 4:17 . Seth ] 'appointed'or 'subs...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lamech said... — Following quickly upon music, we have poetry, but it is in praise of ferocity, and gives utterance to the pride of one who, by mea...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN AND ABEL Genesis 4:1-26 IT is not the purpose of this narrator to write the history of the world. It is not his purpose to write even the...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CAIN'S LINE, AND ENOCH Genesis 4:12-24 "MY punishment is greater than I can bear," so felt Cain as soon as his passion had spent itself and the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Cain's Career Genesis 4:9-26 God's first question to the soul is, “Adam, where art thou?” The next, “Where is thy brother?” We are our brothe...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The degeneration of the first man and woman was transmitted, the firstborn being manifestly an inheritor of the fallen nature of his parents. His mot...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the LORD. Enos signifying wretch...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

AN EARLY CHAUVINIST ‘And Lamech took unto him two wives,’ etc. Genesis 4:19-24 Here we have I. A violator of the Divine law of marriage. —...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. Which if understood of him as confessing and lamenting his sin of murder, t...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold. Ver. 24. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, &c. ] Boastful Lamech bra...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

CAIN AND ABEL Adam and Eve, having acquired a sinful nature, could only communicate the same nature to their children. Their firstborn was named C...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

23 And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my w...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

If the slaughter of Cain shall be punished in him that shall kill him, whosoever he be, my death shall be much more certainly and severely revenged b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice, you wives of Lamech listen to what I say, I have slain a man for wounding me, a young...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 4:23 . Adah and Zillah.] Probably the oldest fragment of poetry extant. With a slight freedom of translation, we may per...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 4 I. From the story of Cain we gather the following thoughts: I. Eve's disappointment at the birth of Cain should be a warning to all...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 4:1 . I have gotten. קניתי kaniti, from the root kana, he possessed. The LXX have betrayed their ignorance of the Eternal Word, or Wis...
The Biblical Illustrator

Built a city The first city It was a very decided step towards civilization, when the idea of building a city was first conceived and realized....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 4:17 Domiciled in Nod, whither, impelled by woman's love, his wife had accompanied him, the unhappy fugitive began to se...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Passover and the offering which Followed It These are the feasts of the Lord, in the narrower sense, even holy convocations, which ye shall p...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly, Lamech seventy and sevenfold. Here is the first instance of the art of poetry, but even this is placed int...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

if. Genesis 4:15 seventy. Matthew 18:22

²⁴ If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 4:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 4:24