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Genesis 4:2

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2 Ji dar pagimdė jo brolį Abelį. Abelis buvo avių piemuo, o Kainas­žemdirbys.

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Arcana Coelestia #384

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384. Hence it appears that something of good still remained in Cain; but that all the good of charity afterwards perished is evident from what is said of Lamech (verses 19, 23-24).

  
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Genesis 4:23-24

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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.

24 If Cain will be avenged seven times, truly Lamech seventy-seven times."