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24 If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times,
    then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”

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24 If Cain is avenged(A) seven times,(B)
    then Lamech seventy-seven times.(C)

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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.

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15 But the Lord said to him, “Not so[a]; anyone who kills Cain(A) will suffer vengeance(B) seven times over.(C)” Then the Lord put a mark on Cain so that no one who found him would kill him.

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  1. Genesis 4:15 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew Very well

22 “No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven![a]

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  1. 18:22 Or seventy-seven times.

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not seven times, but seventy-seven times.[a](A)

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  1. Matthew 18:22 Or seventy times seven