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Genesis 4:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Genesis 4:23
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
23 [a]Lamech said to his wives:
“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice;
wives of Lamech, listen to my utterance:
I have killed a man for wounding me,
a young man for bruising me.
Footnotes
- 4:23–24 Lamech’s boast shows that the violence of Cain continues with his son and has actually increased. The question is posed to the reader: how will God’s creation be renewed?
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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