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23 Lamech said to his wives,

“Adah and Zillah, hear my voice!
    You wives of Lamech, listen to me.
A man hurt me, so I killed him.
    I even killed a child for hitting me.
24 The punishment for killing Cain was very bad.
    But the punishment for killing me will be many times worse!”

Adam and Eve Have a New Son

25 Adam again had sexual relations with his wife, and she gave birth to another son. She named him Seth.[a] Eve said, “God has given me another son. Cain killed Abel, but now I have Seth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 4:25 Seth This is like a Hebrew word meaning “to give.”

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