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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Genesis 4:24 Catholic Bible: If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/genesis/4-24.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/genesis/4-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/genesis/4-24.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/1.htm">Genesis</a> > <a href="/gntd/genesis/4.htm">Chapter 4</a> > Verse 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../genesis/4-23.htm" title="Genesis 4:23">◄</a> Genesis 4:24 <a href="../genesis/4-25.htm" title="Genesis 4:25">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/genesis/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/genesis/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />If seven lives are taken to pay for killing Cain, Seventy-seven will be taken if anyone kills me." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/genesis/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If Cain is avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/genesis/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Anyone who tries to get even with me will be punished ten times more than anyone who tries to get even with Cain." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/genesis/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />If Cain is avenged seven times, then Lamech seventy-seven times.” <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/genesis/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.</p><p class="hdg">if.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../genesis/4-15.htm">Genesis 4:15</a> And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.</p><p class="hdg">seventy.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../matthew/18-22.htm">Matthew 18:22</a> Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.</p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/genesis/4.htm">The Descendants of Cain</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>And Lamech said to his wives Ada and Sella: Hear my voice, ye wives of Lamech, hearken to my speech: for I have slain a man to the wounding of myself, and a stripling to my own bruising. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl">Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.</span><div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../matthew/18-22.htm">Matthew 18:22</a></span><br />Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../genesis/4-15.htm">Genesis 4:15</a></span><br />And the Lord said to him: No, it shall not so be: but whosoever shall kill Cain, shall be punished sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, that whosoever found him should not kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Avenged</a> <a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Cain</a> <a href="/genesis/4-22.htm">Cain's</a> <a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Death</a> <a href="/hebrews/1-12.htm">Fold</a> <a href="/genesis/4-23.htm">Lamech</a> <a href="/genesis/5-31.htm">Lemech</a> <a href="/genesis/4-13.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/1_peter/5-9.htm">Required</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Sevenfold</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Seven-Fold</a> <a href="/acts/27-37.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/matthew/18-22.htm">Seventy-Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/4-15.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/21-20.htm">Avenged</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Cain</a> <a href="/genesis/4-2.htm">Cain's</a> <a href="/genesis/4-25.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/26-9.htm">Fold</a> <a href="/genesis/5-25.htm">Lamech</a> <a href="/genesis/5-31.htm">Lemech</a> <a href="/genesis/19-15.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/genesis/31-39.htm">Required</a> <a href="/genesis/5-7.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Sevenfold</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Seven-Fold</a> <a href="/genesis/5-12.htm">Seventy</a> <a href="/genesis/5-31.htm">Seventy-Seven</a> <a href="/genesis/26-12.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/niv/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 NASB</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 Bible Apps</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="//bibeltext.com/genesis/4-24.htm">Genesis 4:24 German Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span>Alphabetical: avenged Cain If is Lamech seven sevenfold seventy-seven seventy-sevenfold then times<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="https://biblehub.com/genesis/4-24.htm">OT Law: Genesis 4:24 If Cain will be avenged seven times (Gen. 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