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 by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani came the word of Yahweh against Baasha, and against his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of Yahweh, to provoke him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and because he struck him.

Don't kill them, or my people may forget. Scatter them by your power, and bring them down, Lord our shield.

Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

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

Sevenfold

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

"'If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.

Pay back to our neighbors seven times into their bosom their reproach with which they have reproached you, Lord.

but if he is found, he shall restore seven times. He shall give all the wealth of his house.

Set a mark, etc

Yahweh said to him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done in its midst.

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