If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold.
- Gen. 4:24 (KJV)
The logic of Lamech was so messed up that he believed that he would gain access to more vengeance if someone killed him because he killed Cain and Tubal-cain. In texts like Antiquities by Josephus, the Pseudepigrapha, the book of the Jubilees, and the Lost Books of Eden, Lamech killed Cain and Tubal-cain by accident.
Lamech was out hunting with his son Tubal-cain with a bow and arrow that was the first of its kind that was made by Tubal-cain. They thought that Cain was an animal because of the mark on his forehand, which was possibly a horn. No, Cain was visiting family. Nevertheless, Lamech shot the arrow and killed Cain. After accidentally killing Cain, Lamech clasped his hands together and accidentally killed his son Tubal-cain. The story is strange; google it for yourself.
Numerical Breakdown: (4) To gain instruction, do not compare yourself to another person. (6) To expose evil, do not justify what you do wrong. (1) To follow God, do not justify what you do wrong. (2) To be delivered, do not justify what you do wrong.
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