Genesis 4:24
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Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.

if.

Genesis 4:15 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.

seventy.

Matthew 18:22 Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.

Context
The Descendants of Cain
23And 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. 24Sevenfold vengeance shall be taken for Cain: but for Lamech seventy times sevenfold.
Cross References
Matthew 18:22
Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.

Genesis 4:15
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.

Lexicon
If
כִּ֥י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

Cain
קָ֑יִן (qā·yin)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7014: Cain -- a city in southern Judah

is avenged
יֻקַּם־ (yuq·qam-)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5358: To grudge, avenge, punish

sevenfold,
שִׁבְעָתַ֖יִם (šiḇ·‘ā·ṯa·yim)
Number - fd
Strong's Hebrew 7659: Sevenfold, seven times

then Lamech
וְלֶ֖מֶךְ (wə·le·meḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3929: Lamech -- a descendant of Cain, also a descendant of Seth

seventy-sevenfold.”
וְשִׁבְעָֽה׃ (wə·šiḇ·‘āh)
Conjunctive waw | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number


Additional Translations
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, then Lamech seventy-sevenfold.”If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain's behalf, on Lamech's it shall be seventy times seven.

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold; Lemech seventy and seven fold.

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

If Cain shall be avenged seven-fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven-fold.

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

For sevenfold is required for Cain, And for Lamech seventy and sevenfold.'
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