Arcana Coelestia (Elliott) n. 428

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428. From the statements made in this verse and from those in the next it is quite clear that 'Lamech' means vastation, for he says that he has killed a man and a little one, and that Cain will be avenged sevenfold and Lamech seventy-sevenfold.


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