Genesis 4:15

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Summary

And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him.

Therefore

Sevenfold

Set a mark, etc

Ezekiel 9:4

Revelation 14:9

Bible References

Therefore

Moreover, the word of the LORD came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.

Kill them not, lest my people forget; make them totter by your power and bring them down, O Lord, our shield!

And the LORD said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.

Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place. For all who take the sword will perish by the sword.

Sevenfold

If Cain's revenge is sevenfold, then Lamech's is seventy-sevenfold."

And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,

Return sevenfold into the lap of our neighbors the taunts with which they have taunted you, O Lord!

but if he is caught, he will pay sevenfold; he will give all the goods of his house.

Set a mark, etc

And the LORD said to him, "Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and put a mark on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the abominations that are committed in it."

And another angel, a third, followed them, saying with a loud voice, "If anyone worships the beast and its image and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,