^4:25And Adam had marital relations⁵¹ with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. She named him Seth, saying, “God has given⁵² me another child⁵³ in place of Abel because Cain killed him.”

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Footnotes

50 Seventy-seven times. Lamech seems to reason this way: If Cain, a murderer, is to be avenged seven times (see v. 15), then how much more one who has been unjustly wronged! Lamech misses the point of God’s merciful treatment of Cain. God was not establishing a principle of justice when he warned he would avenge Cain’s murder. In fact he was trying to limit the shedding of blood, something Lamech wants to multiply instead. The use of “seventy-seven,” a multiple of seven, is hyperbolic, emphasizing the extreme severity of the vengeance envisioned by Lamech.
51 Heb “knew,” a frequent euphemism for sexual relations.
52 The name Seth probably means something like “placed”; “appointed”; “set”; “granted,” assuming it is actually related to the verb that is used in the sentiment. At any rate, the name שֵׁת (shet) and the verb שָׁת (shat, “to place, to appoint, to set, to grant”) form a wordplay (paronomasia).
53 Heb “offspring.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

If Cain’s revenge is sevenfold,

then Lamech’s is seventy-sevenfold.”

And Adam knew his wife again, and she bore a son and called his name Seth, for she said, “God has appointed for me another offspring instead of Abel, for Cain killed him.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

If Cain is avenged seven times,

then Lamech seventy-seven times.”

Adam made love to his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, saying, “God has granted me another child in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

If Cain is to be avenged seven times over,

then for Lamech it will be seventy-seven times!

Adam was intimate with his wife again, and she gave birth to a son and named him Seth, for she said, “God has given me another offspring in place of Abel, since Cain killed him.”

NLTNew Living Translation

If someone who kills Cain is punished seven times,

then the one who kills me will be punished seventy-seven times!”

Adam had sexual relations with his wife again, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth, for she said, “God has granted me another son in place of Abel, whom Cain killed.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

If Cain is avenged sevenfold,

Then Lamech will be avenged seventy and seven times.

Then Adam knew his wife again, and she gave birth to a son. And she called his name Seth, for she said “God has appointed to me another child in the place of Abel, because Cain killed him.”

KJV 1900King James Version

If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold,

Truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.

And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.

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