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Genesis 4:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
Genesis 4:15-17
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
15 And the Lord said to him, [a]Therefore, if anyone kills Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a [b]mark or sign upon Cain, lest anyone finding him should kill him.
16 So Cain went away from the presence of the Lord and dwelt in the land of Nod [wandering], east of Eden.
17 And Cain’s wife [one of Adam’s offspring] became pregnant and bore Enoch; and Cain built a [c]city and named it after his son Enoch.
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- Genesis 4:15 Some versions read, “Not so!”
- Genesis 4:15 Many commentators believe this sign not to have been like a brand on the forehead, but something awesome about Cain’s appearance that made people dread and avoid him.
- Genesis 4:17 C.H. Dodd (cited by Adam Clarke, The Holy Bible with A Commentary) shows that it would have been possible for Adam and Eve, in the more than 100 years he estimates may have elapsed since their union, to have had over 32,000 descendants at the time Cain went to Nod, all of them having sprung from Cain and Abel, who married their sisters.
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC)
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