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Genesis 4:8

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8 And Cain saith unto Abel his brother, [`Let us go into the field;'] and it cometh to pass in their being in the field, that Cain riseth up against Abel his brother, and slayeth him.

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Arcana Coelestia #428

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428. From the contents of this and the following verse, it is very evident that by “Lamech” is signified vastation; for he says that he had “slain a man” and a “little child” and that Cain should be avenged sevenfold, and Lamech “seventy and sevenfold.”

  
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Genesis 4:23

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23 Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, hear my voice. You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, for I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for bruising me.