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Genesis 4
¹⁴ You have banished me from the land and from your presence; you have made me a homeless wanderer. Anyone who finds me will kill me!”
¹⁵ The LORD replied, “No, for I will give a sevenfold punishment to anyone who kills you.” Then the LORD put a mark on Cain to warn anyone who might try to kill him.
¹⁶ So Cain left the LORD’s presence and settled in the land of Nod, east of Eden.
¹⁷ Cain had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Then Cain founded a city, which he named Enoch, after his son.
¹⁸ Enoch had a son named Irad. Irad became the father of Mehujael. Mehujael became the father of Methushael. Methushael became the father of Lamech.
¹⁹ Lamech married two women. The first was named Adah, and the second was Zillah.
²⁰ Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the first of those who raise livestock and live in tents.
²¹ His brother’s name was Jubal, the first of all who play the harp and flute.
²² Lamech’s other wife, Zillah, gave birth to a son named Tubal-cain. He became an expert in forging tools of bronze and iron. Tubal-cain had a sister named Naamah.
²³ One day Lamech said to his wives, “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; listen to me, you wives of Lamech. I have killed a man who attacked me, a young man who wounded me.
²⁴ If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times, then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”