Cain strikes out in vengeance against Abel.
God marks Cain to protect him from retaliation, warning everyone about God’s own vengeance: a sevenfold, or TOTAL vengeance.
God marks Cain to protect him from retaliation, warning everyone about God’s own vengeance: a sevenfold, or TOTAL vengeance.
But seven generations later, the seed of wickedness grows into mockery and even greater violence. Perhaps this is the way of Cain.
Lamech said to his wives,
“Adah and Zillah,
Listen to my voice,
You wives of Lamech,
Pay attention to my words,
For I have killed a man for wounding me;
And a boy for striking me!
If Cain is avenged seven times,
Then Lamech seventy-seven times!”
Genesis 4:23-24 (NASB)